Internal Release Notes
This page tracks only significant changes made to the SAHPRA Engagement Portal that apply to the internal SAHPRA team.
Version 1.5.0 (2025-06-30)
General
- Syncing and processing of DocuBridge data via MetaSyn Out to the Engagement Portal
Version 1.5.1 (2025-07-08)
General
- Revised and improved portal and email notifications. This enhancement will be implemented across three phases, with phase one now complete
- Improved the Payments dashboard to better indicate the purpose of payment entries
- Fixed an issue where some payments would incorrectly display a R0 amount
Section 21 Reviewing
- Fixed an issue where the INN information would be lost when reviewing an application
Version 1.5.2 (2025-07-11)
HPA
- Improved linking of data between the portal and MetaSync
Section 21 Reviewing
- Clicking the back button when on the Overview page of an application will now take you back to the application reviewing screen
Version 1.5.4 (2025-07-18)
Section 21
- Updated the header and footer of the Outcome Letter as required by SAHPRA
- Improved the Section 21 Report for better analysis of the data
Version 1.5.5 (2025-07-28)
Health Product Application
- Added the ability to set the Registration Date for an application number when setting approval for the application
Section 21
- Updated section headings when Viewing or Reviewing an application from the My Reviews dashboard
General
- Fixed an issue when trying to edit an Organisation from the Organisation Management dashboard
- Added the ability to sort the Audit logs by Application ID when viewing the them on the api dashboard
- Fixed an issue when trying to resend verification emails to users from the Admin Tools dashboard
- Improved metaSync mapping for:
- Application Type
- Legacy Applications
- HPA Sequence’s related sequences
Version 1.5.6 (2025-08-04)
General
- Added the ability to send HTML emails from the API Dashboard to all users on the portal
- Created a Health Checker tool to clean up HPA Application data that was not correctly captured with MetaSync integration or legacy data
Version 1.4.0 (2025-06-09)
Section 21 Applications
- Fixed an issue where the Application Timeline on a review was displaying incorrect
- When Viewing or Reviewing and application on the My Reviews dashboard, the application will open in a new tab
- Updated the Outcome Letter to include the new signature provided by the SAHPRA Section 21 team
General
- Fixed Reports generation that did not function
Version 1.4.1 (2025-06-18)
General
- Fixed issue with missing dash (“-”) and empty payment entries.
Section 21
- Fixed filters in the Section 21 Applications Report.
- Added additional document selector when sending review comments back to applicants.
- User management updated: Ability to remove users from a unit and only Unit managers have access to this feature.
HPA
- Enhanced legacy data correction and additional metadata processing for MetaSync integration.
Version 1.3.0 (2025-05-22)
- Optimised the Application Management Dashboard to load entries faster
- Reviewers for Section 21 Applications can now attach documents to an application when reviewing an application.
- Users linked to a Unit will now be able to view applications related to them on the Application Management Dashboard
- Added proper page handling when loading a 404 error page
Version 1.2.0 (2025-05-10)
- Improved the Admin Tools feature
- Various performance improvements
Version 1.2.2 (2025-05-13)
- Added a layer of security to documents. Links to documents will now not be shareable
Version 1.2.3 (2025-05-16)
- Optimised the Payments Dashboard to load entries faster
- Optimised the Review Dashboard to load entries faster
- Added the Application Timeline when viewing the application on the Review Dashboard
Version 1.1.0 (2025-04-30)
- Improved the Admin Tools feature to show additional summaries for Support and include total users, amount of applications per type and status and sub divisions
Version 1.0.0 (2025-04-01)
- Initial release of the SAHPRA Engagement Portal with core functionality.
Additional Improvements (2025-04-02 to 2025-04-29)
- Updated columns to include additional information for an application on the Application Management dashboard
- Updated columns to include additional information for an application on the Payments dashboard
- Updated columns to include additional information for an application on the My Reviews
- Added an Admin Tools page for a System Administrator
- Updated auto-generation of Application Numbers to generate from 61xxxx instead of using the CAH format
How to Stay Updated
- Check this page regularly for the latest portal updates
- Contact SAHPRA support for specific update inquiries