419:. In September 2016, she welcomed doctors from Cuba. She said that the department did not have enough doctors and that the initiative was part of the provincial government's plan to provide experience. An agreement between four provincial universities and the health department to combine resources and organise the training of health workers was signed at
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Baragwanath Hospital to train as a nurse. She was allocated to a ward where Nomazotsho Gqabi was the sister in charge. She became friends with Gqabi, and she introduced Dyantyi to her husband's associates. Dyantyi met a lot
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307:. While in exile in Cuba, Dyantyi obtained a degree in medicine in 1987. In 2000 she received a diploma in management studies. Dyantyi held a masters in business administration from
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