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South African Medical Association | |
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| Founded | 21 May 1998 (1998-05-21) |
| Headquarters | Pretoria, Gauteng |
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| Members | 17,500 |
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| Affiliations | COSATU |
| Website | samedical |
TheSouth African Medical Association (SAMA) is a non-statutory,professional association for public- and private-sectormedical practitioners in South Africa. Registered as anonprofit organization, it acts as atrade union for its public-sector members. It is affiliated with theCongress of South African Trade Unions.
Membership is voluntary, with some 70% of doctors in South Africa currently registered as members. The head office is situated inPretoria.
On 21 May 1998, the association was established from a merger between the Medical Association of South Africa, founded in 1927, and the Progressive Doctors' Group.[citation needed]
In 1999, it became affiliated with the National Medical Alliance, along with the South African Medical and Dental Practitioners, Society of Dispensing Family Practitioners, Family Practitioners Association, Dispensing Family Practitioners Association, and the Eastern Cape Medical Guild.[citation needed]
In 2022, its chairwoman, Angelique Coetzee, stated in a radio interview that admission processes at medical schools are highly politicized and that medical faculties implement race quotas.[1] After she apologized for her statements and resigned as chairwoman,Dirk Hermann ofSolidarity reiterated that race-based admission processes were explicitly included in admission policies, and stated that these were detrimental to white students and health care.[1]
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