A strike is looming at health risk management services provider Medscheme where members of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) plan to down tools on Thursday. In a statement, Nehawu said the company had refused to implement an agreement reached on the introduction of a performance management tool. “Medscheme had agreed to..
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Employees of SA’s second largest medical aid administrator, to embark on a strike
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BREAKING NEWS:- Good news for Voters the Election Day strike averted as IEC reaches agreement with NEHAWU, if you want a salary increase, strike before a big event
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Luckily for South Africans, and democracy as a whole, the IEC managed to subdue boiling tensions. The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has come to an agreement with disgruntled workers who had threatened to disrupt proceedings on Election Day. Representatives of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU) met with the Commission’s..
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Just 1 day to go for the 2019 Elections and to make your X, now IEC workers strike threatens to disrupt Election Day
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Bear in mind, it is illegal to strike on Election Day. The Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) is battling to avert disaster, as employees and trade unions threaten to down tools. As 8 May draws ever-nearer, the palpable anticipation is reaching a boiling point, on many intersecting fronts. Political parties have wrapped-up their..
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NEHAWU is making numerous demands -“We are not in the march because we are lazy to work” – Yeah right, and you think we must believe you?
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Thousands of members and supporters of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) marched from the Bisho stadium to the office of Eastern Cape Premier Phumulo Masualle on Wednesday afternoon. NEHAWU is making numerous demands. “We are not in the march because we are lazy to work … The Premier never sat in..
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A bombshell plan to lay off 30 000 public servants, whites will probably be the first to go
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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration is planning to lay off 30 000 public servants in the next three years as part of the government’s cost-cutting measures.
The move is likely to put Ramaphosa on a collision cause with labour federation Cosatu, which supported his bid to become the ANC president in December.
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Council pursues bogus health practitioners
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A rise in bogus health practitioners has forced the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) and medical schemes to strengthen their forensics units to curb fraud. A team at the HPCSA is conducting about 400 investigations into bogus practitioners. To date, just more than 40 arrests have been made, but prosecutions are slow. Data from..
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