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The 59th Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be hosted virtually on Thursday, 22 June 2023.
To view the 2022 Highlights of the Financial Statements (HFS) or the 2022 Financial Statements, please navigate to the Annual Reports tab.
The Bestmed Medical Scheme 2024 Board of Trustees Election
As previously communicated to all members, the term of office of two (2) existing member-elected trustees, namely one (1) Employee member representative and one (1) Individual member representative, will come to an end at the 2024 Annual General Meeting (“AGM”).
1. Composition of the Board of Trustees
In terms of the stipulations of Rule 18.1 of Bestmed Rules, the affairs of the Scheme shall be managed according to these Rules and the applicable legislation by a Board of Trustees (‘the Board”) consisting of not more than ten (10) persons, who are fit and proper to be trustees, and who shall be constituted as follows:
2. The nomination process has been finalised
On 1 November 2023 and as stipulated in Rules 18.3.1 and 18.3.2 of Bestmed Rules, the Scheme’s principal members, registered in the “Employee” and “Individual” membership categories, were requested to nominate not more than one (1) other principal member of the Scheme to stand for election to fill the vacancies in their respective membership categories. The call for nominations closed at 23:59 on Wednesday, 31 January 2024.
3. Appointed Independent Electoral Body (“IEB”)
PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services (Pty) Ltd (“PwC”) has been appointed as the Independent Electoral Body (“IEB”) in respect of the following electoral processes:
4. IEB contact details
Kindly refer any election-related queries to PwC, the appointed IEB, as they are the only party that will respond to queries related to the electoral process. PwC’s contact details are:
The IEB telephone and email contact details will only be operational between 08:00 and 16:30, Mondays to Fridays, excluding weekends and public holidays. Once the election has been completed, this number and email address will be closed.
5. The preliminary screening and vetting process has been finalised
The IEB vetted all nominations received within the specified time against the registered Bestmed Rules and the nomination criteria that were set out in the call for nominations in respect of the Employee Member Representative and Individual Member representative categories, respectively.
6. Voting process
In line with Bestmed Rule 18.3.4, if more candidates than the number for which there are vacancies in a membership category are so nominated, the Principal Officer shall provide all the members of the Scheme with ballot papers approved by the Board, on or before 20 April of the year in which the election takes place, for members to vote for the candidates. The ballot papers shall contain the names of all the nominated candidates in each membership category.
All Bestmed principal members, who are in good standing, may vote for candidates nominated to the Board of Trustees.
Voting will open on Friday, 19 April 2024 at 12:00 midday and close on Monday, 27 May 2024 at 16:00.
Members are afforded the opportunity to vote by using one (1) of the methods below:
Voting Method 1: Online voting
Members who have opted to receive communications from the Scheme via email will receive an email consisting of the following:
In order to access and vote using the PwC Online Voting Platform, each member is required to have a unique email address (meaning an email address not shared with another Bestmed Member) recorded on the membership data of Bestmed. Members who did not opt to receive communication from the Scheme via email, may still opt to vote using the PwC Online Voting Platform by contacting Bestmed and update their contact details.
To vote using the PwC Online Voting Platform, click on this link: https://onlinevoting.za.pwc.com.
Please read the voting instructions attached carefully and click here to be redirected to a video demonstrating how to vote using the PwC Online Voting Platform.
Voting Method 2: Postal, or email or drop-off
Members who have opted to receive communication from the Scheme via the South African Post Office will receive a voting pack in the post. The voting pack consists of the following documents:
Members who did not opt to receive communication from the Scheme via email, may still vote using the PwC Online Voting Platform by contacting Bestmed and updating their contact details (and most importantly, providing the Scheme with an email address).
After updating your contact details and receiving confirmation, you can vote using the PwC Online Voting Platform. Visit this URL to vote https://onlinevoting.za.pwc.com.
We look forward to your continued support and participation in the Bestmed Board of Trustees Election!
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All information regarding the 2024 benefit options and accompanying services including information in respect of the terms and conditions or any other matters is subject to prior approval of the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) and may change without notice having due regard to the CMS' further advice.
Leo Dlamini Chief Executive Officer/Principal Officer
Pieter Van Zyl Chief Operating Officer
Ntando Ndonga Executive: Legal, Risk & Corporate Governance
Elmarie Jooste Executive: Corporate Relations & Wellness
Jessogan Chetty Chief Financial Officer
Dr Dion Kapp Executive: Managed Healthcare and Service Providers
Madelein Barkhuizen Executive: Sales & Marketing
Ms Annelise Hartzenberg
Prof Magda Slabbert
Ms Clarette Lombard
Ms Elmarie Marx
Ms Louise de Vries
Mr Colin Mowatt (Chairperson)
Mr Steyn du Plessis (Vice-chairperson)
Dr Tumi Legobye
Mr Leon Jordaan
Dr Leshni Shah