Nehawu vows to intensify protests against ‘arrogant’ govt
Trade union Nehawu has vowed to intensify its protests from Monday until its demands are met.
Workers affiliated to the union have been on strike since last week Monday.
The union demands a 10% wage hike but government is offering less than half of that at 4.7%.
The strike has had a devastating impact on public sector healthcare in several provinces.
Nehawu’s general-secretary Zola Saphetha told the media on Sunday that government has been arrogant during wage negotiations.
“As Nehawu we want to register that it has become quite clear to us that despite all our efforts to resolve the dispute the government is not interested in concluding the 2022/2023 dispute, as they argue that they have closed and concluded negotiations in that financial year.”
He said the union will continue with its protests until further notice.
“This was despite the fact that there was no resolution for that financial year but rather an unilateral implementation of the 3% (wage hike), which was way below the CPI. With this arrogance displayed by government it is important to confirm that Nehawu continues with the strike in a more intensified manner as from Monday to demonstrate to government the seriousness with which we take the conserted efforts to underplay the role and the significance of public servant who are at the coalface of service delivery.”
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