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City Press reports that the Mpumalanga Department of Health (DOH) is investigating a situation involving 30 graduate interns who were recruited but then left in limbo.
Despite reporting for duty in the Nkangala, Gert Sibande and Ehlanzeni districts for more than three months, they have not received their promised monthly stipends of R6,500. Their repeated attempts to get answers from the DOH have been in vain, causing stress, frustration, dashed dreams and mounting travel costs. Last September, the department launched a six-month graduate internship programme in the risk/security and information and communication technology department. Unemployed graduates, between the ages of 18 and 35 and with appropriate qualifications, were invited to apply. Successful candidates signed contracts in October and reported to their respective sites in November. Eleven interns were placed in seven Ehlanzeni health facilities, 10 in six Nkangala facilities and nine in five Gert Sibande facilities. An intern in Gert Sibande said she had been thrilled to be selected for the internship and could not wait to start, however, it had now all turned into a nightmare. The DOH said on Wednesday that, as a result of the enquiry by City Press, it had launched an investigation.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sipho Mabena at City Press (subscription or trial registration required)
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