News24 reports that Parliament's disgruntled National Education Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) members called a truce with management by going back to work on Thursday.  

The two parties will meet again next Tuesday with the hope that issues left over from last year's protracted strike can still be resolved.  Many Nehawu-affiliated employees downed tools on Wednesday over the precautionary suspension of its branch chairperson Sthembiso Tembe and another member, Michael Sithole, on Tuesday.  Three other union members face internal charges of insubordination or gross misconduct.  This was after two meetings last week with the Secretary to Parliament with the aim of resolving the problems between the parties went awry.  Around 1,000 of Parliament’s staff of researchers, committee assistants, translators and security officials are Nehawu members.  No other union is known to be active at Parliament.

• Read this report by Jenni Evans in full at News24

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