{"id":20985,"date":"2025-09-08T13:12:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T11:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/?p=20985"},"modified":"2025-09-08T13:23:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T11:23:54","slug":"a-fusion-of-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/archives\/20985","title":{"rendered":"A fusion of excellence\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20985\" class=\"elementor elementor-20985\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79131d9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"79131d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbf0175 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bbf0175\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Medical Aid Migration Team has won the prestigious Fusion Award in the SLS CEO Awards in recognition of outstanding collaboration, innovation, and cross-functional excellence. <\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80ea941 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"80ea941\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SLS-CEO-Awards-1024x459.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-21022\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SLS-CEO-Awards-1024x459.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SLS-CEO-Awards-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SLS-CEO-Awards-768x344.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SLS-CEO-Awards.jpg 1379w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-490d663 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"490d663\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This accolade reflects the team\u2019s remarkable achievement in leading a high-stakes migration project that required transitioning over 8 500 Sanlam Group employees, including 6 500 from SLS, from their existing medical aid to FedHealth, the Group\u2019s new scheme partner.<\/p><p>With just two-and-a-half months to execute the change ahead of the December medical aid deadline, the team demonstrated unwavering focus and agility. 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