SA med student return from Cuba after disagreement about money

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 Six medical students from South Africa studying on scholarship in Cuba have returned home following a disagreement about their allowance, wasting over R2m as a result.

The students were more than halfway through their six-year training programme, which cost the government R500 000 per student.

They decided to quit after going on strike about food and their monthly allowance of R1 600 rand, which they wanted increased to around R5 600.

Eastern Cape Health Department spokesperson, Sizwe Kupelo, says they support the decision by the national health department to bring the students home.