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BusinessLive reports that the plan of the South African Medical Association (Sama) to disestablish its trade union structure has fallen through after an extraordinary general meeting during which the move was voted against.
The organisation has been at odds with leaders of the trade union, who have instituted litigation to halt the move and safeguard funds raised through union subscriptions. Sama had wanted to amend its memorandum of incorporation — in line with a 2015 board decision to disestablish the union — during the extraordinary meeting on Saturday. The meeting had allegedly been scheduled hurriedly on the heels of the application filed by the trade union leaders in the High Court in Pretoria. The high court struck the matter off its urgent roll last week. According to Dr Tsametse Mohlamonyane, a member of the Gauteng provincial executive committee, the fight would now be about the transfer of the union’s assets in order to separate them from the assets of the association. Meanwhile, Sama has denied fraud allegations against it, saying there was no evidence.
- Read this report by Theto Mahlakoana in full at BusinessLive
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