FoodMed curatorship lifted
Drickus Maartens • February 7, 2020
The Council for Medical Schemes
(CMS) hereby announces that the curatorship placed on the Food Worker’s Medical Benefit Fund (FoodMed) has been uplifted. “This follows the successful election of a Board of Trustees (BoT) in November 2019, to administer the affairs of the scheme,” said Dr Sipho Kabane, Chief Executive and Registrar of CMS. The Western Cape High Court placed FoodMed under provisional curatorship in July 2019, necessitated by the expiration of the scheme’s BoT at the end of June, and failure to reconstitute a board.
In terms of Section 57(6)(a) of the Medical Schemes Act, No. 131 of 1998, the Board of Trustees shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that the interests of beneficiaries in terms of the rules of the medical scheme and the provisions of this Act are protected at all times. “The curatorship was to ensure that proper governance at the scheme was upheld, and that the interests of members were secured,” added Dr Kabane.
The Acting Principal Officer, Mr Eben De Jager is now in full control of the scheme. The new BoT elected Mr Andre Davids, an independent member, as Chairperson. Other members include:
- Vice Chairperson: Ms Michelle Jansen (employee member)
- Ms Gerda October (employee member)
- Mr Ashley Gertse (employee member)
- Mr Hardus Hamman (employee member)
- Mr Ian Swanepoel (employee member)
- Mr Chesné Geldenhuys (employee member)
The CMS will continue to exercise statutory oversight regarding the affairs of the medical scheme, and to ensure that the interests of members of medical schemes are protected at all times.
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