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Unemployment among doctors negligible against SA's total unemployment

Unemployed doctor Sunhera Sukdeo writes in Daily Maverick that she's unable to find work. She displays proudful entitlement that because she's a doctor and worked hard for it, she ought to have a job, and a government post at that.  Sukdeo is just one of 7.8 million unemployed people in the country, not including discouraged jobseekers, and among about 10% unemployed graduates and other tertiary, also a large number. However, 800 unemployed doctors is negligible to absolute and relative (healthcare workers only) employment rates and against the number of registered doctors in the country - 46 000 (2019).  Two years ago my GP's daughter, a newly qualified neurologist (master's degree UCT) couldn't find a government job - they weren't hiring. So she opened her own practice or joined an existing one. This does take money but nowhere is it stated government must employ any and all jobseekers. Already government employs far too many people placing a huge strain - 32...