ActionSA questions R612 million spent on foreign healthcare workers [SOUND]

# ActionSA says it is concerned that the Gauteng Department of Health has budgeted more than 612-million-rand this financial year for the salaries of foreign healthcare professionals, while many qualified South African doctors and nurses remain unemployed. The party’s Mongezi Ntsebenze says the department employs 551 foreign nationals and calls for a plan to prioritise the appointment of qualified local healthcare workers. He says they want an audit of foreign appointments: