/ 27 June 2021

Cuban engineers ‘displace’ local scientists on state bursaries

South African Minister Sisulu Introduces Cuban Engineers In Pretoria
Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation, Lindiwe Sisulu and next to her in the middle is Deputy Ambassador of Cuba in South Africa during the introduction Cuban engineers who will be working on the country's water system on April 22, 2021 in Pretoria. (Photo by Deaan Vivier/Beeld/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

South African scientists’ contracts were allegedly not renewed because of a funding gap

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