“The anger of students is justifiable. The department abruptly informed student nurses their contracts come to an end on May 31. These are students who will be the first cohort and finalists of the R171 curriculum, and there are no plans to support these students until they sit for board exams in November,” it said.
The union said it had been in talks with department officials and had written emails to highlight this issue.It is our view they only need approximately R10m for this group, and this money should be able to carry them until they can sit for board exams and end up being registered practitioners, like their bursary contract states,” the union said.The college cannot continue to run as long as this issue is not resolved.
“This will set a precedent that no student under R171 shall vacate any residence or college until the matter is resolved.” “The students are advised to continue with peaceful protest action in all campuses until the legal march on May 31. “The college cannot continue to run as long as this issue is not resolved. We demand stipends must continue until all students are able to sit for the board exams in November.”
However, the department said it did not have R8m to cover the costs of extending the period of the 167 final year students on bursary contract.Gauteng health department spokesperson Motalatale Modiba said the interim order prohibited students and all those aiding them from organising and participating in meetings and protest action in any of the nursing college campuses without a court order authorising such a meeting or protest.
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