(1)Whether, concerning the policy on the Pathway for Registration of South African Citizens who hold Foreign Qualifications not prescribed for registration as medical practitioners, the Government has considered less restrictive ways for the registration of South Africans who obtained medical qualifications in foreign countries to practice as medical practitioners; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) what total number of foreign trained South African citizens who hold medical qualifications and who applied to the Health Professions Council of South Africa have to date not been granted the opportunity to sit for examinations and to undergo supplementary clinical training?