Samatu

18/02/2026

We will be heard on the 12th of March.

17/02/2026

The time is NOW! We call upon all South Africans to join the march to the Presidency as we deliver a memorandum of demands against the rife unemployment of youth in our country. Take a stand!

06/02/2026

06/02/2026

The time for the government to listen to those who put them in power is NOW!

05/02/2026

The General Secretary of SAMATU, Dr Cedric Sihlangu, attending the Pre-SONA meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa.

29/01/2026

Adequate human resource enables quality healthcare.

27/01/2026

Patients are subjected to long waiting periods due to shortages of doctors at hospitals, meanwhile qualified doctors are sitting at home, unemployed. It is time to stand up!

26/01/2026

The unemployed of doctors is a national crisis which requires immediate attention. We call upon South Africans to stand up for their right to quality healthcare.

22/01/2026

https://omny.fm/shows/power-lunch/unemployed-doctors-empty-posts

Dr. Thozama Bosman, Secretary of the SAMATU Junior Doctors Committee, speaks to Kwena Moabelo on POWER Lunch about the growing healthcare crisis of unemployed doctors

22/01/2026

https://omny.fm/shows/safm-themorningbrief-1/the-junior-doctors-committee-of-the-south-african-medical-association-trade-union-samatu-expresses-profound-frustration-and-concern-over-the-persistent-and-unacceptable-unemployment-of-doctors-who-have-completed-their-community-service

The Junior Doctors Committee of the South African Medical Association Trade Union (SAMATU) expresses profound frustration and concern over the persistent and unacceptable unemployment of doctors who have completed their community service. This crisis, which has endured for several years, is a direct...