Dr Cuthbert Dube wins $3,4m salary case against PSMAS

Former Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) board chairman Cuthbert Dube last Tuesday won a $3 million arbitral award against the embattled medical aid society and sought to have it registered as a court order at the High Court on Thursday, arguing he was still entitled to his monthly salary and benefits backdated to January 2014.

Through his lawyer Jonathan Samukange, Dube filed the two applications under case number HC3461/15 against Premier Service Medical Investment (PSMI) for $2 070 000 and case number HC3462/15 against PSMAS for $1 380 000, bringing his total claims to $3 450 000.

Dube was fired in January last year over allegations of awarding himself a hefty salary.

The arbitral awards by an independent arbitrator identified in court papers only as D Moyo were made on Tuesday last week.

According to Dube's contract, besides the salary arrears, he is entitled to among other benefits, a $2 000 clothing allowance per annum, international per diem of $900 per day for self and $300 per day for his spouse, regional per diem of $700 per day for self and $200 per day for his spouse and local per diem of $500 per day for self and $100 per day for his spouse.

He also said he was entitled to two personal drivers, 400 litres of fuel per month for personal use, loan of up to a maximum equivalent to 12 months' salary, a cook, gardener and housekeeper and $1 200 for groceries per month, clothing allowances of six suits, 12 shirts, 12 ties and six pairs of shoes per year.