Workers union Nehawu has thrown its weight behind higher education minister Blade Nzimande placing Unisa under administration. This follows a letter written by Nzimande to the university ’s council on August 4 informing it of his intent to dissolve it and place the university under administration.
It is no doubt a difficult job that comes with its own set of challenges, but acting matron of the Gelvandale High School hostel, Twannett Abrahams, loves the 112 pupils she looks after as if they were her own.
The National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) has defended a group of 45 Eastern Cape health workers who have notched up salaries totalling R67 million for the past two years while sitting at home.
Dozens of Mafoko Security Patrols workers whose month-to-month contract was terminated by RK Khan Hospital in Chatsworth, Durban, have been picketing, saying they have not been paid what's due to them.
One of the largest providers of medical oxygen to the Eastern Cape has threatened to stop its supply to government hospitals and health facilities in the province next week because of unpaid bills.