When former community worker, Mama Nellie Matjeke opened the doors to Jehovah Jira Orphanage Centre, meaning God shall provide, in 2003 she chose a name for the orphanage that reflected her deepest hopes for the future.
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Fraud has gained an unhealthy foothold in the private healthcare industry to the extent that we cannot even begin to quantify it. The lesson is clear: we have to give voice to our absolute opposition to medical schemes abuse and fraud.
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No one would have imagined that a gathering in Sandton for a Women's Day function in 2011 would drastically alter the lives of over 400 schoolgirls in rural Lady Frere, in the Eastern Cape, culminating in their own celebration on Women's Day 2013. But this is precisely what happened.
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By mid-2011 Amanda Nyakonda, who had relocated to Johannesburg from Cape Town in search of better prospects had been unemployed for several months while Tsepo Tjikane was struggling to make ends meet, as his business venture had not turned out to be the success he had hoped for. Julia Difeto was in the process of completing her honours in psychology.
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If you put your members at the heart of everything you do and focus on making a difference in their lives, others will be encouraged to join your medical scheme and existing members will become your brand ambassadors. This belief is at the core of everything the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) does, says Dr Stan Moloabi, GEMS' Acting Principal Officer.
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South Africa's second largest medical scheme, the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS), today announced its benefit structures and contribution increases for 2013. The closed Scheme, which provides healthcare cover to public servants, also said that it had reached a membership level of more than 660 000 principal members. This represents over 1.8 million covered lives.
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