News24 reports that the premises of the SA Nursing Council (SANC) were set alight, property was damaged and staff members were intimidated on Friday, the council confirmed on Monday.  

SANC’s spokesperson, Adri van Eeden, confirmed that members of the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa) accessed its premises without authorisation, legal permission or any scheduled meeting to demand that the Council’s acting registrar should address the matter of the cancellation of examinations.  Van Eeden said the situation had had to be diffused by the police who were called to curb the violence and prevent further damage to property.  SANC cancelled the May 2017 examinations following an investigation into allegations, subsequently confirmed, that the four examination question papers for the bridging course had been leaked.  Denosa has reportedly taken legal action against the council for preventing students from writing exams until the investigation into how the papers were leaked was concluded.

• Read this report by Amanda Khoza in full at News24
• Read too, Fury erupts over cancelled nursing exams, at Pretoria News

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