Rob Ferreira Hospital auxillary workers staged a sit-in in the hospital’s boardroom this morning. According to Sidwell Mavuso, who represents the striking workers, hospital management and the CEO refused to meet with the workers to discuss their demands. The striking NEHAWU-aligned workers have vowed to bar anyone from entering or leaving the hospital on Monday..
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Employees of Rob Ferreira workers down tools, demands that MEC step in to resolve the impasse between management in order to create a safer work environment
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Workers shut down the Fort Napier Medico Legal Mortuary in Pietermaritzburg
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Workers shut down the Fort Napier Medico Legal Mortuary in Pietermaritzburg on Monday and Tuesday, turning away families who had come to fetch the bodies of loved ones. Workers have been on a go-slow for two weeks, demanding a wage increase and better working conditions. On Monday workers barricaded the road, blocking the mortuary gates..
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Charlotte Maxeke Hospital faces a possible shut down
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Johannesburg – The National Health Education and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) Gauteng deputy secretary Gracia Rikhotso on Wednesday rejected as false reports that Charlotte Maxeke Hospital would shut down because its members were going to embark on a strike.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) this week warned that the hospital faced a possible shut down with staff downing tools over non-payment of overtime and performance bonuses. They were also concerns about unfilled vacancies.
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Army takes over Mahikeng hospital as health services close to collapse
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As North West communities wait for the ANC to decide the fate of Premier Supra Mahumapelo, things have gone for bad to worse as health services in the province are close to total collapse.
Just when he was breathing a sigh of relief after the army’s health services – a team of nurses and doctors – took over collapsed health services at Mahikeng Provincial Hospital, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi was told more health professionals were downing tools in other areas.
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Union tells government to ‘fix the mess’ at KZN’s health department or else …
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Pietermaritzburg – The National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has warned of an all-out strike if the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government does not “step up in fixing the mess” at the provincial health department. The warning was issued by Nehawu provincial secretary Phakama Ndunakazi on Thursday at the conclusion of a march in Pietermaritzburg…
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