An illegal medicines industry is skyrocketing in South Africa as unregistered products are sold across the counter or on the streets, the Cape Times, which carries Business Report, reported on Tuesday.
Its website said the sellers claimed many of these products cured diseases such as cancer, tuberculosis and HIV/Aids.
A source within the health department was quoted as saying this industry had become too large to shut down.
"The belief is that they can't close down the market because it's too large.
So the department is not enforcing the Medicines and Related Substances Control Act," said the source.
Many of the complementary medicines were believed to be manufactured locally.
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