COMMENT | No, interns do not deserve salary

COMMENT | I have things to say when it comes to the issue of internships. It’s something that I find quite close to my heart for several reasons.

First of all, I have done internships when I was studying. Secondly, I have supervised students who had to do their internships and have been placed under my charge at work. Thirdly, I also have many students who are at the point in their studies when they have to do internships.

The issue recently raised in the public sphere is that there has been a demand, mainly by those who have to do internships, that there needs to be fair financial compensation for interns by companies and organisations that take them on. I have a little bit of beef when it comes to this because...