Forty-year-old medical aid scheme Sizwe is looking forward to a fresh dawn as its new principal executive officer, Dr Simon Mangcwatywa - who is also 40 - unveils plans to attract young black professionals. The scheme was founded in 1978 by a group of black doctors, led by the late Dr Nthato Motlana, to assist black people who were uninsured. "Our members run from what people would call your blue-collar worker all the way to your executive worker in a corporate," said Mangcwatywa. "However, our members thus far have been your traditionally blue-collar workers; these are people who are factory-level and these members have sustained us throughout the years." He said the medical aid planned to target a new market that is young, vibrant and healthy - no matter what sector they work in. "The overall strategy is that we need more young people to join the scheme, and the hospital plan is crucial to that. "It's not the only option, as we have other vibrant options that the youth might find ...
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