Press Release 8 of 2019: Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi to chair investigation into allegations of racial profiling by medical schemes
PRETORIA, June 11, 2019 - The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) said on Tuesday Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi hasagreed to chair the investigation into allegations of racial profiling against Black, Coloured and Indian private medical practitioners. The investigation, to be called the Section 59 Investigation follows allegations by members of the National Health Care Professionals Association (NHCPA) that they were being unfairly treated and their claims withheld by medical aid schemes based on race and ethnicity.
