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Governance

In terms of legislation and Bonitas Medical Fund's Charter, the Chairman, Principal Officer and the Board of Trustees are required to always act in the best interests of Bonitas' members and to adhere to the highest standards of financial management and corporate governance.
Currently the responsibility for the governance of Bonitas vests in the Curator (Joseph Maluleke) who has been appointed by the court to take over control of the scheme for a 90-day period with effect 27th May 2011. Joseph Maluleke as appointed, is required to report to the Council for Medical Schemes until a new Board of Trustees has been appointed by the members pending the outcome of the recent election of trustees by the members.

This is a positive development that has put to an end the speculation regarding the future of the scheme.

(View the curators current communications)

Bonitas' Key Indicators and it's achievement of an A+ Global Credit Rating (GCR article dated Aug 2011) underline that the fund is in a strong financial position and that member's benefits are in safe hands.

Attention is drawn to 'Scheme Rules and Amendments' for the rules that apply to the Bonitas Medical Fund, above, with amendments as approved by the Council of Medical Schemes. A copy of the signed and approved version by the Council for Medical Schemes is available for inspection at the Scheme's offices.
Joseph Maluleka

Joseph Maluleke - Curator
Joseph Maluleke is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa practicing as such at one of the country's oldest legal firms, Rooth & Wessels, based in Brooklyn Pretoria where he specialises in tax, commercial and corporate law. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rooth & Wessels and a member of the Tax Committee of the Law Society of the Northern Province. Besides his legal career, Joseph sits on the Board of Directors of New Africa Minerals Ltd and South Independent Energy Ltd. Joseph recently joined the Board of Directors of AIE Plc that is based in the United Kingdom and listed on the Frankfurt stock exchange.
Gerhard Van Emmenis

Mr Gerhard van Emmenis - Chief Operating Officer
Gerhard holds a M.Com from the University of Pretoria as well as a post-graduate Diploma in Healthcare Management from the University of Luton, U.K. Gerhard has 22 years of experience in healthcare ranging from human resource management of a large hospital in the country, client services and managed care as an administrator and being a Principal Officer of two previous schemes. In 2006, Gerhard joined Bonitas as the Chief Operations Officer before being appointed to act as Principal Officer in 2009.