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SABC News reports that the National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of SA (Naptosa) says 20,000 to 30,000 teachers in the Free State have been denied medical care due to the non-payment of medical aid contributions by the Free State Department of Education.
Apparently the department has been deducting the contributions from employees, but the contributions have not been paid over to the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS). Naptosa has demanded urgent intervention from the Free State Premier Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae and the National Treasury. Naptosa’s Basil Manuel indicated: “We got to know about this on Friday late afternoon and Saturday morning. We then sent emails to the MEC, to the HOD and to the Premier to ask for verification. We also asked GEMS to give us verification of the payment or non-payment. And we’ve had a response giving us a detail that the money is on its way but that’s not good enough.” He added: “So this morning (Monday), we will be reaching out to the province as well as to GEMS to try and get a clear understanding of whether it is the entire province and the entire public service in the province whose medical aid hasn’t been paid. If it’s a sector or exactly what the situation is.”
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