Table 2. Training capacity for adult and paediatric nephrologists in South Africa.

Institution	Nephrologist posts		Funded training posts		HPCSA training numbers
	Adult	Paeds	Adult	Paeds	Adult	Paeds
Stellenbosch University	3	1	1	1	8	3
University of Cape Town	4	3	2	0a	8	4
University of KwaZulu-Natal	4	2	4b	0c	10	2
University of Pretoria	3	1	1	0	4	3
University of the Free State	2	0	1d	0	3	0
University of the Witwatersrand	9	4	7	0e	14	6
Totals	25	11	16	1	47	18

Government-funded posts for nephrologists and nephrology trainees, and HPCSA training post numbers per institution. Data as at January 2020.

^a A training post was sacrificed to create the third paediatric nephrologist post.

^b These are four specialist physician posts being used for training.

^c A specialist physician post is used for training, when available.

^d This is a specialist physician post being used for training.

^e A specialist paediatrician post is used for training, when available.