Second blow for sacked essential service workers

Several doctors, nurses and pharmacists have claimed that the government has not responded to their request for release letters so that they can take job offers outside the country.

They said they have been turned back by SADC countries, which demanded that they produce release letters from the government first. One doctor explained that she received an offer from Namibia, but she has failed to get a work permit because she does not have a release latter. She said the Namibia High Commission asked her to produce a release letter from her employer, which she thinks will be difficult to get.