The 13 dismissed trustees of a medical aid scheme for unionised municipal workers, Samwumed, are contesting the curatorship order on the scheme, while some of its members have also raised concerns over the provisional curator’s suspension of four of its senior employees. This follows the cancellation of key contracts that are being investigated by the Council for Medical Schemes. However, Duduza Khosana, provisional curator of Cape Town-headquartered Samwumed, which covers more than 80,000 lives, said this week she had uncovered irregularities that she could not disclose to the media. She said that she had reported these to the council and would also report them to the Western Cape high court which had appointed her at the beginning of May. The curatorship is being contested by 13 members of Samwumed’s board of trustees who were removed by the court. The matter was due to return to court at the end of last month, but has now been postponed to October 26, Dr Sipho Kabane, the acting ...
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