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SAMA grasps the racial nettle, winning huge majority vote

Chris Bateman

Abstract


An internal wrangle over how all racial groups are fairly represented in the South African Medical Association (SAMA) led to all-time record attendance at an Extraordinary General Meeting in Pretoria last month, where an 89% majority backed a pragmatic redefinition of non-racialism.


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Chris Bateman, HMPG, South Africa

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Keywords

Non-racialism; Partner Organisations, Memorandum of Incorporation; Demographic profile; SAMA

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South African Medical Journal 2014;104(6):394-395. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.8436

Article History

Date submitted: 2014-05-08
Date published: 2014-05-12

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