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Withdraw 9.8% medical aid hikes or else.... public service unions warn GEMS
February 16, 2026
|Cape Times
FEDUSA-affiliated trade unions in the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) have described the Government Employees Medical Scheme's (GEMS) 9.8% monthly contribution increase as a 'blatant departure from the scheme's mandate to provide affordable healthcare to its members.
GEMS implemented the increase from January 2026.
A coalition of unions, including the South African Policing Union (SAPU) and the Public Servants Association (PSA), condemned GEMS for implementing the increase yesterday.
Paul Sauer, representative of the South African Teachers' Union (SAOU), said their organisation was left with no alternative but to embark on protest action to get GEMS to retract or withdraw the increases.
"In the past two years, we have been shunned by GEMS. Our other demand is that GEMS needs to engage us on a collective agreement to ensure that these increases are reasonable."
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