The Northern Cape surgical backlog appears to have ballooned in recent months. The province’s MEC for health says it is due to a lack of specialised theatre staff and delays related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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To improve labour relations in the public sector, the government has increased its pay rise offer from 4.7% to 7% for 2023/24. At the same time, the trade union Nehawu has ended the strike by public health workers after reaching a settlement with the government over their pay for 2022.
Acting Public Service and Administration Minister Thulas Nxesi has had a hostile reception from protesting public sector workers who marched to the National Treasury's offices in Pretoria.
Public service unions have gathered in locations including Pretoria and Durban for their national day of action demanding a better wage offer in the deadlocked wage talks with the government.