Lindani Sibiya
Lindani Sibiya advocates for members’ interests and rights to a healthy life. He is driven by a desire to foster good governance and service excellence at SAMWUMED.
Mr Sibiya, a representative of the Municipal Employees and Civil Servants Union (MECSU) uses his extensive experience to guide and steer SAMWUMED.
Mr Sibiya holds the following qualifications:
- A Public Relations Assistant Certificate – Boston College
- Advanced Labour Law – University of South Africa (UNISA)
- Bachelor of Law (LLB) – University of South Africa (UNISA)
- National Diploma in Environmental Education, Training & Development Practice – Delta Centre
- Certificate in Advanced Trusteeship – Ditsela
- Certificate in CMS Trustee Programme – The Gordon Institute of Business Science (Gibbs)
Mampho Marule
Being a SAMWUMED Trustee provides Ms Marule with an opportunity to make a real difference in people’s lives. It also allows her to play a fundamental role in the strategic development of SAMWUMED.
Ms Marule believes that her municipal experience, leadership skills and problem-solving abilities are essential in her role as a Trustee.
Nandipha Bhozo
Nandipha Bhozo was inspired to become a SAMWUMED Board of Trustees because of a passion to become a change agent in the Scheme.
Ms Bhozo is an Operations Supervisor at Pikitup, the City of Johannesburg’s state-owned company responsible for waste management. She uses her diverse skills including negotiation, communication, and coordination to assist the Scheme.
Ms Bhozo holds a BCom degree in Business Management and a higher certificate in Operations Management from the University of South Africa (UNISA).
Mthokozisi Nzuza
Mthokozisi Nzuza’s goal and desire is to contribute meaningfully towards the sustainability and growth of SAMWUMED.
The local government employee, who is returning to SAMWUMED for the second time as a Trustee, wishes to use his leadership and management experience to ensure sound governance at the Scheme. He was a SAMWUMED Trustee from 2009 to 2012.
Mr Nzuza’s various roles within SAMWU including being a former Deputy President and the KwaZulu Natal Provincial Chairperson can only assist him in fulfilling his role.
Sharon Dube
Sharon Dube is an advocate for medical aid transparency and member benefit improvement.
The former City of Cape Town employee uses her healthcare and local government experience to good use as a SAMWMED Trustee.
Ms Dube is not a stranger to the Scheme. She served in the same capacity between 2008 and 2014 and was also a Finance and Audit Committee member.
Having been a full-time shop steward for SAMWU, in addition to other union roles, Ms Dube hopes to positively impact the Scheme.
Mapula Rose Letsoalo
Mapula Rose Letsoalo was motivated to become a SAMWUMED Trustee by her passion and love for the Scheme that she has been a loyal member of for many years.
She would like to see SAMWUMED remain competitive and grow by focusing on member experience.
Ms Letsoalo is currently working as an Administrator for the Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality. Before that, she was Secretary of the Speaker and Liaison Officer within the same Municipality. In addition, she was a Shop Steward for many years.
Ms Letsoalo holds Diplomas in Government Studies and Computer Studies.
Molwanta Ishmael Solomon
Molwanta Ishmael Solomon joined the SAMWUMED Board of Trustees to continue serving his community. During his career of many years, he has served in various capacities including PR Councillor for the Frances Baard District Municipality, Branch Chair for the African National Congress (ANC) and Provincial Chair of the South African Workers Union (SAMWU).
Mr Solomon works for the Dikgatlong Local Municipality as a Water Maintenance Supervisor.
He is knowledgeable in various areas of water treatment processes and holds a National Certificate in Water and Wastewater Treatment Process Operations.
John Simphiwe Mcanjana
John Simphiwe Mcanjana is an Area Coordinator for Client Services in the Community Service Directorate at George Municipality. He boasts extensive experience with labour unions, having served in various local and national SAMWU structures since 2005.
He is the Provincial Secretary of SAMWU in the Western Cape and a Central Bargaining Committee member of the SALGBC.
- National Diploma – Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- National Diploma in Project Management – Durban University of Technology
- BTech Degree in Public Management – UNISA
- Mr. Mcanjana aspires to complete his LLB qualification.
Monwabisi Langa
Monwabisi Langa has extensive experience in the public sector. He is an Inspector for the City of Johannesburg (COJ), focusing on inspecting road network defects, public liability claims, and compliance within the city’s road network. Previously, he worked as a machine operator for the same municipality.
Mr Langa is passionate about serving those who serve others. This commitment is evident in his extensive involvement with trade unions. He is currently the elected Provincial Chair of the Gauteng Province for the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU), where he is responsible for overseeing the union’s affairs in Gauteng, monitoring policy compliance across all regions, and implementing Central Executive Committee (CEC) resolutions.
Before this role, he was Deputy Chair of the Gauteng region for SAMWU. He has also held various other positions within the union, including Regional Chair, Full-Time Shop Steward (FTSS) of Johannesburg, and Shop Steward.
Mr Langa currently serves as a member of the SAMWUMED Board of Trustees.
Siyabonga Dladla
Siyabonga Dladla is motivated to serve as a SAMWUMED Trustee because he believes SAMWUMED provides quality healthcare to the working class at rates.
Mr Dladla works at eThekwini Municipality. He is a Regional Chairperson of SAMWU at Joe Moloisane (eThekwini). He has served at Municipal Legislative committees such as Unit Labour Forums and at the Local Labour Forum (Cluster).
- Public Finance and Accounting – Mangosuthu University of Technology
- Labour Economic Studies (Diploma) Workers College – University of KwaZulu-Natal Natal
- Bachelor of Social Science (Degree) – University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) – University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard
- He is currently pursuing his master’s degree in social sciences.
