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BL Premium reports that the suspended head of investigations at the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) is facing new allegations that he facilitated the curatorship of a municipal workers medical scheme to further his own interests.
Stephen Mmatli, who was suspended in early February pending the outcome of an inquiry into alleged corruption and misconduct, has been accused by the former deputy chair of the SA Municipal Workers’ Union National Medical Scheme (Samwumed), André Maxwell, of using his influence at the CMS “to set in motion a series of staged events to bring down the scheme, its board and key officials”. Samwumed was placed under provisional curatorship in May 2018 because its board was dysfunctional. It was then embroiled in a series of legal battles that ultimately saw the removal of provisional curator Duduza Khoza and the appointment of curator Joe Seloane in October. Mmatli responded through his lawyer, Hope Chaane, who said the issues raised by Maxwell largely related to the scheme being placed under curatorship. “This is a CMS process and the decision whether to place any medical scheme under provisional curatorship finally lies with the court. It is totally impossible that our client could have had influence on Samwumed being placed under provisional curatorship,” Chaane pointed out.
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