RC 260810702Stephen Grootes
Monday, 10 August 2026
The episode centred on three big money debates: outdated medical aid rules, why women still rarely reach CEO roles, and how land ownership and insurance fraud shape security and wealth.
- 18:16
Board of Healthcare Funders wants prescribed minimum benefits overhauled after 20 years without review; it says PMBs now soak up over 60% of scheme budgets and push family cover costs up sharply.
- 18:21
Dr Katleho Motori argued PMBs should shift from diagnosis-based cover to service-based and essential-medicine lists, with more prevention included; he said the current system excludes screening and other modern care.
- 18:51
Just Share’s latest JSE top-40 report found women have closed the education gap but remain stuck below senior management, with ‘sticky floor’ effects, care burdens and boys’ networks keeping CEO jobs male-dominated.
- 19:10
A survey in seven former homeland areas found 70% of residents do not want title deeds, mainly fearing government rates and levies, though traditional leaders and residents in Zebediela saw formal title as stronger protection.
- 19:38
The Insurance Crime Bureau said fraud is rarely victimless: vehicle crimes dominate non-life claims, life-policy murders are rising, and cyber fraud, romance scams and sextortion are becoming a bigger investigative focus.