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Unemployed doctors protest in Pietermaritzburg

They want hospitals to be able to recruit directly

Protesters demanded jobs for about 200 unemployed doctors in KwaZulu-Natal. Photo: Joseph Bracken
About 50 unemployed doctors protested outside the offices of the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health in Pietermaritzburg on Wednesday, demanding jobs.
In a memorandum to Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane, the doctors demand postings for some 200 unemployed doctors in the province.
They also demand a sustainable plan to address unemployment in the future, priority consideration for unemployed doctors when filling open positions, equal job opportunities for bursary and non-bursary holders, and the decentralisation of the recruitment process to allow hospitals to hire doctors directly.
According to Tholumusa Sibiya, the convener of the committee of the unemployed doctors, some of the doctors protesting on Wednesday have been unemployed since…

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