The students marched to Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s office following a week of protests over contractual agreements with the provincial health department.
The Gauteng department of health has obtained an interim court order to restrain the final-year nursing students from continuing with “unlawful” protest.
Students picketing over placement issues promised not to compromise the health of patients through hospital disruptions, but vowed to halt classes until there was a solution to their demands.
Nursing students in Gauteng demand that the Health Department provide them with a stipend until they write their next exam in November, but the department said it could not afford the R8 million bill needed to fulfill this.