Amid a critical shortage of nurses and doctors in South Africa, healthcare workers are increasingly looking at their options overseas, the City Press reports.
place the average salary for a nurse in South Africa within a broad range of R250,000 to R360,000 per year.
Effective July 2021, public service workers saw only a 1.5% increase in salaries, with a small cash bonus offered to those in lower salary bands. The highest earners, meanwhile, are nursing managers and executive educators, who can earn as much as R1.08 million a year – but these positions are few. Meanwhile, health industry experts have warned that the country could see an exodus of doctors and other key medical personnel ahead of the planned introduction of the National Health Insurance scheme.
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