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Nehawu wants DUT vice-chancellor removed
Education and health union, Nehawu wants the vice-chancellor of the Durban University of Technology fired. They say staff are being…
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Bheki Mtolo issues apology to Nehawu
The African National Congress (ANC) Provincial Secretary in KwaZulu-Natal, Bheki Mtolo, has issued an apology to the National Education, Health…
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Nehawu withdraws R2 million lawsuit against KZN ANC secretary
The National Education, Health, and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) will be withdrawing their R2 million court challenge against the African…
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NEHAWU fires back at Bheki Mtolo over his comments on public servants
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU) has given the African National Congress (ANC)’s Bheki Mtolo a 48-hour…
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NEHAWU workers at University of Pretoria take their frustrations to the police
Some protesting employees affiliated to Nehawu at the University of Pretoria have taken their frustrations to the police. Earlier on…
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Robbers drop a toy gun and flee at KwaPata Clinic
Clumsy robbers, who pretended to be patients at the KwaPata Clinic on Thursday and held up a nurse at gunpoint,…
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NEHAWU concerned by President Ramaphosa’s delay in signing NHI Bill into law
As criticism mounts over the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill, labour union the National, Education Health and Allied Workers Union…
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Nehawu: Parliament delaying holding those responsible for 2022 fire to account
The National Education, Health, and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) wants to see heads rolling for the fire at Parliament. Two…
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Parliament says fire wouldn’t have happened if its staff had not been on forced leave
Parliament said its buildings would not have come under attack had its own security staff not been on forced holiday…
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Parliament keeping findings of internal probe into arson attack under wraps for now
Parliament is still keeping under wraps the findings of its internal investigation into the arson attack that razed its key…
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Signed wage offer binding to all PSCBC union employees, says Public service dept
The Department of Public Service and Administration said the signed wage offer for 2023/24 was binding on all government employees…
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Nehawu considering its next move after rejecting public sector wage deal
Union National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) said it’s mulling over its next move after some unions in…
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Nehawu will not budge on new public sector wage until 2022/23 deal reached
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) says it will not consider the 2023-24 wage agreement with the…
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Unions want Gauteng health department to retain healthcare workers hired during COVID
Healthcare workers affiliated to trade unions, Health and Allied workers Indaba Trade Union (Haitu) and Independent Liberation & Allied Workers…
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Govt says most unions have signed wage deal
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says most unions have signed the wage agreement with the government. That’s why the…
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Nehawu suspends strike after reaching agreement with government
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has told its members and workers to return to work after…
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Essential workers return to work following Public Sector strike
National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union affiliated essential service workers are back after a six-day strike. They have been…
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Nehawu: Public sector strike far from over
The public sector wage strike is far from over. The National Education, Health, and Allied Workers’ Union have instructed all…
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Military healthcare workers to return to base once hospitals stabilize, says Minister Phaahla
Minister of Health Joe Phaahla said military healthcare workers would return to their base once stability was restored at distressed…
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Eastern Cape Health Dept condemns violence
The National Education, Health, and Allied Workers’ Union in the Eastern Cape says it has no knowledge of unruly behaviour…
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Health Minister Joe Phaahla: Nehawu strike caused untold hardship, pain & frustration
South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla has welcomed the court judgment urging essential workers from the National Education, Health and…
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Court bars essential workers from striking
Nehawu essential workers have been legally barred from taking part in the public servant’s wage strike. The strike has over…
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SANDF deployment to hospitals goes ahead despite latest court order against Nehawu
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has deployed military healthcare practitioners from its health services to supplement skeleton staff…
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Labour Court denies Nehawu strike interdict appeal
The Labour Court has upheld an interdict against the ongoing public sector strike following the National Education, Health, and Allied…
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Minister Phaahla insists deaths linked to Nehawu protests
Health Minister Joe Phaahla is hitting back at the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union for accusing him of…
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Labour court to rule on Nehawu strike action
The labour court will rule on an application to overturn an interdict against National Education, Health, and Allied Workers’ Union’s…
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Health Minister Phaahla disappointed by Nehawu’s vow to intensify strike
Heath Minister Joe Phaahla says he is disappointed that Nehawu will be intensifying its strike. He has called for peaceful…
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Nehawu vows to intensify protests
Union Nehawu has vowed to intensify protests from tomorrow until its demands are met. It’s accusing the government of arrogance…
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NGO pleads with Nehawu to put an end to the wage strike
The Western Cape Health and Social Development departments were on Friday granted an interdict against striking public service workers affiliated…
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Western Cape Nehawu’s strike interdicted
The Labour court in the Western Cape has granted the provincial health department an interdict against Nehawu’s illegal strike. Workers…
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Nehawu protester considering case against police after being shot at Bara
One of the workers at the Christ Hani Baragwanath hospital who was shot allegedly by police during the National Education,…
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KZN workers hand over memorandum of demands
The Kwazulu-Natal Finance MEC has been tasked with conveying health workers’ demands to the national government. Striking Nehawu members marched…
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Nehawu refuses blame for patient deaths
Nehawu is adamant that it is not responsible for the deaths of four people at the country’s hospitals because of…
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President Ramaphosa slams Nehawu protest
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is concerned about the ongoing wage strike that is affecting essential services. He was speaking…
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Protesting Nehawu members unmoved by government’s legal threats
National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) said it was not shaken by threats of legal action by the…
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Health Minister Joe Phaahla claims lives lost during intensifying Nehawu strike
The Minister of Health, Joe Phaahla, said the unprotected strike by the National Education, Health, and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu)…
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Nehawu: Only maternity and trauma units allowed to operate in Khayelitsha
The Western Cape National Education, Health, and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) says only maternity and trauma units will be allowed…
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Striking KZN nurses attack ambulance & try to pull out critical child outside hospital
An ambulance and crew transporting a critical child were allegedly attacked by striking nurses at a KwaZulu-Natal hospital on Wednesday…
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Nehawu vows to intensify strike
National Education, Health, and Allied Workers Union members are vowing to continue their strike for a 10% wage increase. Pietermaritzburg…
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Health services affected in KZN
Hospitals in Pietermaritzburg are among the worst affected by the public sector strike. Workers affiliated with Nehawu are demanding a…
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2023 academic year marred by protests
The Wits SRC is expected to meet with officials from the Department of Higher Education and the National Student Financial…
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Nehawu says public sector strike will continue
Nehawu’s planned public service strike will go ahead on Monday according to Nehawu President Mike Shingange. That is despite the…
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Nehawu public service strike interdicted
Nehawu’s planned public service strike has been interdicted. The union had applied to go on an indefinite strike from Monday.…
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Wits University workers go to CCMA over salary increase
While students at Wits University are fighting for academic inclusion, staff members have taken the institution to the CCMA. They’re…
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Nehawu blasts Phophi Ramathuba after video shows her scolding clinic bosses
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) in Limpopo have called out the province’s Health MEC Dr Phophi…
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Mapisa-Nqakula: Nehawu’s concerns are misplaced
National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says Nehawu’s concerns over the lack of progress over repairs to Parliament are unfortunate and…
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Security breaches at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
Questions are being raised about security at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Joburg. Two incidents just days apart have put…
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Public sector unions prepare for national strike
Public sector unions say they will give details on their national strike early next week. The Cosatu-affiliated unions are rejecting…
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Nationwide public sector strike looms
Public sector workers are on the cusp of a nationwide strike. Four unions at the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council…
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Thulas Nxesi: Plans by public service unions to go on strike premature
Acting Minister for Public Service and Administration Thulas Nxesi said that plans by public service unions to go on strike…
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