I listened to the interview with @AshrafGarda on @SAfmRadio and was enraged by the Min's cavalier and pathetic response. 
 Yes, the doctors are needed!  But there is no money to pay them. Why? because the Dept of Healh is a an ATM for the corrupt.  And remains like this because of the total lack of political will to do anything about it. 
Furthermore the Sans who trained in Cuba was a poorly disguised coverup to send money to the Cuban government! On completion of their training in Cuba they still needed to have at least a year of tuition in South Africa before being allowed to practice. I would be interested to know where this cohort are now!
It was suggested that is it not better to stop the training of medical doctors in South Afric!!
At the moment these doctors without jobs are now a part of the ever growing number of unemployed in SA. 
This is just crazy stuff!