Nehawu) strike

The Gauteng Department of Health has warned of service delivery interruptions across the West Rand District following a National Education, ...

Kagiso Police spokesperson Captain Solomon Sibiya added health employees started striking at about 07:00 on Monday morning, March 6 in front of Leratong Hospital. Further action will be taken against those responsible for damaging property or endangering the lives of health workers and patients.” We advise the public to use alternative facilities near them which are not affected.”

The labour court has allowed an interdict issued against the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) strike on Saturday to stand, ...

It’s a request that the leadership should abide by the decision of the court,” he said. So until there is a decision on the appeal of Nehawu, the interdict stay in place,” she said. “Nehawu has appealed the decision that was taken on Saturday.

Nehawu KZN held a protest yesterday but lost an appeal against a Labour Court interdict.

“Our strike action is a way of demonstrating our dissatisfaction, particularly with what the employer is offering. We will continue shutting down other places until the employer (government) is ready to negotiate our demands,” said Nxumalo. Durban - The Labour Court on Monday dismissed an appeal by the KwaZulu-Natal National Education, Health, and Allied Workers Union’s (Nehawu), interdicting a strike that had taken place at the Pinetown Magistrate’s court, the Department of Water, and Public Works both in Durban and at Ngwelezana Hospital in uMhlathuze.

Acting Minister of Public Service and Administration Thulas Nxesi strongly condemned the strike by public servants affiliated to the National Education ...

The 3% that was given last year was an insult." This further confirms our view that the actions of those striking today are illegal. The police will continue to do their work to stop violence and disruptions of normal activities of employees who are not on strike," he said.

Cancelled surgeries, ambulances barred from hospitals, stalled medication dispensing are among the critical services affected by the health workers' strike.

The entrances to Helen Joseph Hospital and Chris Hani Baragwanath were blocked with burning tyres. He said the department had contacted law enforcement agencies to ensure patients’ constitutional right to health was not infringed by those participating in the strike. A skeleton staff ventilated patients in the wards. Emergency medical services elsewhere in the Eastern Cape were heavily affected. Doctors cannot provide meds, feed patients and ensure observation is being done as well as the turning of very ill patients. “We are coming from Mqanduli with R45 each in a taxi. The Labour Court in Johannesburg upheld an interdict to stop a strike by National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) strike on Monday evening. People are going to lose their lives,” he said. Government needs to take this seriously. I am hiring a bakkie for R300 to get from Qunu Village to here. Water and sanitation offices; sports, arts and culture were closed; social development were also closed. Daily Maverick has not been able to corroborate Zulu’s claim.

In a blow to the National Education Health Workers Union (Nehawu), the Labour Court in Johannesburg upheld an interdict to stop its strike on Monday.

The application for leave to appeal is yet to be argued. In 2020, government reneged on the final year of a three-year agreement. The union believed that its application for leave to appeal the ruling would automatically suspend it. Nehawu and other prominent public sector unions have been locked in a long-standing battle with government over wages. The union is expected to brief the media on the labour court saga and the protests later on Monday. While the union served an application of leave to appeal the ruling on Sunday, the matter was not yet filed with the registrar of the Labour Court when the matter was heard on Monday morning.

"An incredible and sporadic situation in the context of multiple crises," said Barry James Mitchell who captured a video of a wedding couple being "blessed" ...

The Labour Court ordered on Tuesday morning that an interdict stopping the violent strike be implemented immediately, but in many parts of the country, ...

Over the weekend, the department obtained a court order interdicting the strike, but Nehawu applied for leave to appeal against this order. Despite this, the Health Department said the minister felt it was too early to call for military intervention. Most hospitals were only performing emergency surgery and running wards on a skeleton staff. They were also deployed during the acute waves of the Covid-19 pandemic. Register for free or log in to read this article. This article is free to read.

On Monday, the departmental Health spokesperson in the province, Mondli Mvambi, warned workers against partaking in the Nehawu protest march.

"It is our intention to proceed with the strike action until our demands are met. It has been explained that the department offered a 4.7% salary increase, while unions are asking for between 10% and 12%. It is understood that the strike has continued despite the Department of Public Service and Administration getting an interdict. Some were given food in the morning but not all patients could be given food, as a result, other dieticians have moved from wherever they were. After appealing the interdict, Nehawu continued with the protests. However, protests have since continued to escalate throughout hospitals in the province and countrywide.