South Africa's Health Minister Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi has received the final report from the Section 59 Investigation Panel, which confirmed allegations of racial discrimination by medical aid schemes against black healthcare providers. The investigation, initiated by the Council for Medical Schemes following complaints dating back to 2019, found that black healthcare practitioners were more likely to be accused of fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) and were treated unfairly in investigations and penalties. The report identified that leading medical schemes, including Discovery Health, the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS), and Medscheme, engaged in racially discriminatory practices. Minister Motsoaledi acknowledged the evidence of discrimination by some top medical aid practitioners and stated his intention to act on the panel's recommendations. The findings have raised concerns about the fairness and integrity of medical schemes' fraud detection systems and their ability to recover funds. Discovery Health has disputed the report's findings. The inquiry was chaired by Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi and highlighted systemic racial bias within South Africa's healthcare fraud detection mechanisms.