The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has reached an agreement with the University of Pretoria, ending a wage strike by workers.
One person has been arrested for alleged public violence after an altercation between protesting employees at the University of Pretoria and law enforcement officers.
Less than a week after Nelson Mandela University (NMU) obtained a court order interdicting students from protesting and disrupting classes, staffers took to the streets on Monday over a wage increase dispute.
The regional branch of the South African Students Congress has thrown its weight behind picketing Nelson Mandela University staff and vowed to shut down the university if the staff’s demands were not met.
Picketing nursing staff at Dora Nginza Hospital’s main gate barred ambulances from entering or leaving the premises on Thursday, also preventing patients who had been discharged, visitors and a Herald reporter from leaving.