Registered as a nonprofit organization, it acts as a trade union for its public-sector members.

Membership is voluntary, with some 70% of doctors in South Africa currently registered as members.

[citation needed] In 2022, its chairwoman, Angelique Coetzee, stated in a radio interview that admission processes at medical schools are highly politicized and that medical faculties implement race quotas.

[1] After she apologized for her statements and resigned as chairwoman, Dirk Hermann of Solidarity reiterated that race-based admission processes were explicitly included in admission policies, and stated that these were detrimental to white students and health care.

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