SAMJ是一個每月出版的、經同行評審的、國際索引的通用醫學期刊，它發表了影響非洲臨床護理的領先研究。該雜志不僅限于“一般醫學內容”的文章，還打算根據與該國疾病負擔的相關性對醫學和健康科學進行分類。這將包括社會科學和經濟學方面的研究，這些研究與我們疾病負擔周圍的醫學問題有關。該雜志刊登研究文章和信件、社論、臨床實踐和其他醫學文章和個人觀點、南非健康相關新聞、訃告、一般通信和分類廣告（更多信息請參閱政策一節）。其簡稱為SAMJ，S.AFR。醫學博士。應用于參考書目、腳注、參考書目和條帶。

The SAMJ is a monthly, peer–reviewed, internationally indexed, general medical journal publishing leading research impacting clinical care in Africa. The Journal is not limited to articles that have ‘general medical content’, but is intending to capture the spectrum of medical and health sciences, grouped by relevance to the country’s burden of disease. This will include research in the social sciences and economics that is relevant to the medical issues around our burden of disease.The journal carries research articles and letters, editorials, clinical practice and other medical articles and personal opinion, South African health–related news, obituaries, general correspondence, and classified advertisements (refer to the section policies for further information).Its abbreviated title is SAMJ, S. Afr. Med. J., which should be used in bibliographies, footnotes and bibliographical references and strips.