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18 Oct 2024

One woman’s journey to transforming healthcare for construction workers

By Staff Writer

With impressive growth of almost 12% over the past financial year – in a largely stagnant economic environment, the Building and Construction Industry Medical Aid Fund (BCIMA) is demonstrating a clear ability to meet evolving market needs ahead of annual option renewal selections. Ruth Maseko, appointed earlier this year as Chief Executive and Principal Officer of...
20 May 2024

Urgent call issued for renewed commitment to worker safety 

By Staff Writer

A message from the Building and Construction Industry Medical Aid Fund (BCIMA)
22 Aug 2023

Employed, uncovered individuals left in limbo for far too long

By Staff Writer

Ruth Maseko, Acting Principal Officer of the Building and Construction Industry Medical Aid Fund (BCIMA) says South Africa has never been in greater need of proactive and workable healthcare management solutions for the blue collar market than it is right now.
29 Nov 2021

How to achieve herd immunity in the building and construction sector

By Varushka Padayachi

There are a lot of myths around vaccines as a whole, but there seems to be even more hesitancy around COVID-19 vaccinations, even in South Africa’s building and construction sector. However, achieving herd immunity in this sector is integral and there are some practical and innovative ways to make the vaccine for accepted and accessible.   “We all know what we...
19 Oct 2020

Construction industry medical scheme keeps growing despite a slow economy

By Staff Writer

At the 2021 benefit launch of the Building and Construction Industry Medical Aid Fund (BCIMA), Phumelele Makatini, the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Officer of the scheme had heartening words and good news to share with members. “In what has been one of the more difficult years in our industry, BCIMA has continued to grow...