When can a medical scheme terminate membership for non-disclosure?
By Randhir Naicker, partner and Chantal Mitchell, partner, Cox Yeats The question of when a medical scheme may terminate membership due to non-disclosure was considered relatively settled in South African law. However, the Constitutional Court’s decision in Carlo Swanepoel N.O v Profmed Medical Scheme [2024] ZACC 23 has revisited both the duty to disclose …
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Can residents compel multiple state entities to fix failing infrastructure?
Residents across South Africa face chronic infrastructure failures. Flooding, exposed sewer lines, collapsing riverbanks and stormwater mismanagement are increasingly common. When residents approach their local municipality for help and are met with nothing more than buck-passing between government departments, what can they do?