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Marketing Brochure Final
Government Employees Medical SchemeRef: https://www.gems.gov.za/-/media/Gems-Media/Documents/Marketing-Brochures/2026/Marketing-Brochure_Final.pdf
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Source domain: gems.gov.za
Collected on 5 July 2026
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What this means
This document is a marketing brochure for the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) for 2026. It promotes GEMS’s benefits, wellness and disease-management programmes, member service, and eligibility for qualifying public service employees, including details on benefit options and programme features such as alternative to hospitalisation, oncology management, chronic back and neck rehabilitation, HIV/AIDS management, chronic kidney disease management, and maternity support. It also highlights performance and member statistics (e.g., Ask Africa Orange Index ranking, claims processed/paid, and beneficiary numbers) and states that GEMS is an authorised Financial Services Provider (FSP No 52861).
What this document offers
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medical scheme membership enrolmentOngoing
Join GEMS (enrol as a member) for 2026
GEMS invites qualifying public service employees to join its medical scheme for 2026 and access its benefit options and wellness support, subject to eligibility rules.
- Who it is for
- qualifying public service employees who work at entities listed in the Public Service Act schedules 1-3 and approved employer groups
- How to act on it
- Join GEMS by following the brochure’s guidance for qualifying public service employees; the brochure also reminds you that you cannot be a member or registered dependant of more than one medical scheme at the same time.
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Join GEMS today to discover its brilliance!
healthcare benefit optionsOngoing
Access GEMS benefit options (Tanzanite One, Beryl, Ruby, Emerald, Ony) and EVO efficiency discount option
The brochure states that GEMS offers five healthcare benefit options (Tanzanite One, Beryl, Ruby, Emerald, and Ony) and one efficiency discount benefit option (EVO) for government employees.
- Who it is for
- qualifying public service employees who join/are members of GEMS
- How to act on it
- Choose one of the GEMS benefit options (Tanzanite One, Beryl, Ruby, Emerald, Ony) or the EVO efficiency discount option as part of membership/benefit selection.
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We offer five excellent healthcare benefit options: Tanzanite One, Beryl, Ruby, Emerald, and Ony, and one efficiency discount benefit option (EVO).
Facts
Reference
https://www.gems.gov.za/-/media/Gems-Media/Documents/Marketing-Brochures/2026/Marketing-Brochure_Final.pdf
Amounts
R 2 063
Key Takeaways
- Document title: "Marketing Brochure Final"
- Organisation: Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS)
- Authorised Financial Services Provider: FSP No 52861
- Year/edition: 2026
- Ask Africa Orange Index Awards 2025/26: GEMS ranked 2nd (Best Medical Aid Scheme category)
- GEMS registered: 1 January 2005
- GEMS celebrates 20 years (implied 2025/2026 period)
- Eligibility: qualifying public service employees at entities listed in Public Service Act schedules 1-3 and approved employer groups (Annexure A of Scheme Rules)
- Rule: cannot be a member or registered dependant of more than one medical scheme at the same time
- Beneficiary/dependant scale claims: over 2.4 million beneficiaries; averages such as 112 new members/day and 511 dependants/day
- Claims processing/payment claims: >92% of claimed amounts processed and paid during 2025; 95% of claims processed per day (as stated)
- Employer subsidy claim: salary levels 1–5 may receive up to 100% employer subsidy on Tanzanite One (subject to DPSA monthly maximum)
- Primary Care Extender benefit claim: additional R2 063 per beneficiary per year for Emerald and EVO options
- Programme access: Alternative to Hospitalisation benefits subject to pre-authorisation
- Digital enrolment: digitised enrolment form for GEMS Maternity Programme at www.gems.gov.za
- Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS)
- Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA)
- Public Service Act
- Minister and Deputy Minister for the Public Service and Administration
- PSCBC
- relevant trade unions
- Ask Afrika
- Healthcare providers and their associations
- billing bureaus
- Midwives and nurses
- HIV/AIDS Disease Management programme (within GEMS)
- Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Management programme (within GEMS)