Poor conditions in Cuba bring students home

By Bongani Hans. Durban - When Shanice Moodley left KwaZulu-Natal for Cuba to study medicine through a Department of Health programme she had high hopes for a bright future. But they were dashed within two months, at which point she gave up her studies and returned home because, she claims, of the treatment students received. Moodley, 20, from Gingindlovu, Zululand, was among 20 students who quit the government’s skills development programme in Cuba and returned home last month. She said students had not been told before they left South Africa about the difficulties they could face in Cuba. Read more...