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Striking Zimbabwean doctors on the picket line â those who break the new anti-strike law could face three years in prison
DOCTORS and nurses working in Zimbabweâs public health institutions will no longer be allowed to go on strike for an uninterrupted period spanning more than three days under changes to the Health Services Act.
Any worker representative who incites or organises an illegal job action could face up to three years in jail.
Chief director of the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Dr Maxwell Hove, said once passed, the law will allow health care workers to strike for only three days per fortnight.
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Image: Reuters There has been a sentiment among South Africans that foreign nationals are taking their jobs and there leading to a higher rate of unemployment among South Africans.
Tensions in the freight industry have once again drawn attention to the impact of foreign nationals on the economy and society of South Africa. Representatives of local truck drivers have recently approached a task team comprising the Departments of Home Affairs, Labour, and Transport, with regards to the employment of foreigners in the industry.
The task team was set up after a spate of attacks on trucks in KwaZulu-Natal and other provinces in 2020. The attacks, it was alleged, were committed by frustrated local truck drivers who accused the industry of preferring to employ foreigners rather than South African citizens.
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One truck driver, who spent five days at the border, alleged some drivers bribe officials to skip the long screening lines.
The All Truck Drivers Foundation said law enforcement needed to beef up security at night.
Traffic at the border re
portedly stretches for more than 15km.
Truck drivers say they are being left to fend for themselves at the Beitbridge border post between South Africa and Zimbabwe at night while waiting to be screened.
Truck driver and Gauteng secretary of the All Truck Drivers Foundation Mandla Mngomezulu said drivers were being robbed of their cellphones and clothes while waiting to be screened because the police were only visible during the day.
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