Unemployed Doctors Struggle Amid Workforce Shortages

Original Article by Tamsin Metelerkamp | Daily Maverick | 27 June 2025

Young doctors, including those from the state-funded Nelson Mandela-Fidel Castro programme, are unemployed due to severe budget cuts.

Young doctors, including those from the state-funded Nelson Mandela-Fidel Castro programme, are unemployed due to severe budget cuts.

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