Article History
Received: 4 June 2020
Accepted: 15 February 2021
First Online: 12 March 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was given by the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Humanities and Social Science Ethics Committee. The gatekeeper’s letter, given by the Umthombo Youth Development Foundation (UYDF) director, gave permission to use the records of the UYDF for publication as part of the first author’s Doctoral studies and the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health gave the permission to interview hospital management and the graduates who are now employed by the department. (Gatekeepers letters included). Prior to the interviews, all participants gave a written consent to participate in the study and participation was voluntary as no participant was coerced.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that there are no competing interests and the views expressed in this paper are not necessarily the views of the UYDF but of the authors.