INTERVIEW: Medical students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine have launched the #IMadeADoctor campaign in an effort to raise R1 million to cover medical students who face exclusion if their historical debt is not paid.
We now speak to Xoliswa Njapha who’s a 4th year Medical Student at UKZN and a member of the Student Representative Council.

Guest: Ms Xoliswa Njapha, 4th year Medical Student at UKZN and a member of the Student Representative Council
The SRC at the medical school is using their Student Development Leadership and Governance bank account to facilitate public donations.
This week, the University of KwaZulu-Natal suspended all academic activities for the rest of the week after violence erupted at campuses in Durban and Pietermaritzburg where students fought police and private security with stones and burnt at least three buildings.
Protests have been raging at the institution since last week. Students have been fighting for the abolition of historical debt and having to pay 15% of their debt. Student leaders have argued that poor students cannot afford to pay the 15%, which often runs into thousands of rands. At least 16 000 students face being excluded due to historical debt.
UKZN said it already had a debt of R1.7 billion at the end of 2019. It also said it had capped the maximum amount of money that can be paid towards student debt at R45 000.