On his CapeTalk show this morning, host Lester Kiewit indicated nurses are not well remunerated. According to the internet, the average nurse salary is R330,000, a year (R27,500 a month). I daresay this excludes benefits. Public sector salaries across the board are generally above the private sector by - numbers vary - 30%. So public health nurses would earn more than their private peers. The average salary (across all employed) in SA is R28,200 per StatsSA so nurses are about there. Related, a Bhekikisa Health article republished in Daily Maverick a couple months ago quoted a Health Department official who stated junior doctors earn R800-900,000 a year (R66,000-75,000 a month) excluding overtime. A senior doctor over R1 million. That's one reason why they can't hire more doctors, he said. Per internet, the average salary for an (experienced) private GP is R550K; starting salary for a junior GP R22K. Both categories are what professionals - lawyers, teachers, engineers etc - e...