Junior Doctors
latest news & developments
Medical association considers legal action over government’s failure to place junior doctors
More than 2 400 interns and over 2 200 community service doctors are still awaiting placements, which are necessary to complete the statutory requirements so they can practice
Gauteng health department misses deadline to pay junior doctors
With no money for petrol, many doctors have applied for authorised special leave. But some hospitals have warned there will be consequences.
Motsoaledi to provinces: ‘Fund junior doctor internships, or I might sue you.’
The health minister warns finding the money for junior doctor placements is not voluntary, it’s what the law prescribes.
We’re launching new medical schools but will we have jobs for their graduates?
The future of South Africa’s doctors rests on provincial purses.
Doctors in limbo as E Cape orders health lockdown
The Eastern Cape has ordered its debt-hobbled health department to stop hiring new doctors, in a move that may affect as many as 400 junior doctors.