Bonitas named News 24 Business Medical Scheme of the Year

Lee Callakoppen, Principal Officer of Bonitas, accepts the Medical Scheme of the Year award from Helena Wasserman, Business Editor of News24

At the inaugural News24 Business Awards Bonitas – the second largest open scheme in SA - was awarded Medical Scheme of the Year.

News24 recognised companies and CEOs who are doing excellent work in building their businesses, while also going above and beyond in strategic leadership, transparency and building a better SA.

According to News24 editor-in-chief, Adriaan Basson, the awards were the culmination of two years of planning and hard work during which time the team of journalists assessed product offerings, consumer platforms and CSI initiatives. In addition, transparency, media relations and public relations were evaluated.

Basson said, ‘Our team of journalists gave Bonitas a perfect score for how easy it was to understand its offering. Bonitas received an outstanding assessment of its platform and communication.’ The Scheme also received high marks in other areas of assessment.

Principal Officer of Bonitas, Lee Callakoppen dedicated the award to Bonitas' members. ‘Healthcare is very emotive and illness is always a challenging time. The global pandemic highlighted the importance of having access to quality healthcare. Bonitas is driven to helping members ‘get out of sickbeds’ and take care of their health.’
Other winners:

• Royal Bafokeng Platinum's long-serving CEO, Steve Phiri ,was named CEO of the Year
• Woolworths is the Company of the Year
• Investec is Bank of the Year
• Sanlam is Long-term insurer of the Year
• OUTsurance is Short-term insurer of the Year

Principal Officer of Bonitas, Lee Callakoppen accepted the award from News24 Business Editor, Helena Wasserman. (Picture credit: Natalie Gabriels)