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News24 reports that nursing students from different colleges took to the streets on Wednesday to hand over a memorandum to Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi.
The disgruntled students are locked in a contractual dispute with the Gauteng Department of Health, which funds their studies. They want an extension of the bursary stipend between June and November – payments were paused because this is an exam period. On Sunday, health spokesperson Motalatale Modiba indicated that extending the period for the 167 students on bursary contracts could cost the department over R8 million. The department asserted that it did not have the funds to continue paying their stipend. However, Mpho Masweu, the general-secretary for Provincial Student Representative Council, said students would continue protesting until a solution was found. Members of the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa) and the EFF were also present to support the students. There was no word on when the department would respond to the students' demands.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Alfonso Nqunjana at News24
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