Gauteng is reportedly short of more than 4,000 nurses, leaving clinics and hospitals under pressure as patients face overcrowding and long waiting times. The discussion will examine the causes of the nursing shortage, the impact on healthcare workers and patient care, and why qualified doctors remain unemployed amid staffing gaps. What is the role of funding, recruitment and workforce planning, and what urgent interventions are needed to strengthen the province’s public healthcare system.

GUEST: Bongani Banda, Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) Chairperson