DispatchLive reports that staff at the Nelson Mandela Museum in Mthatha have gone on strike for better salaries and medical aid contributions.  

Protest action started last week and the workers, who are members of the National Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu), vowed to continue until their demands were met.  Nehawu shop steward Ncediwe Ndima said:  “We are only 14 workers and all that we want is a 10% salary increase.  We find it unbelievable that this same institution can’t pay the increase we demand.”  On Friday and then again yesterday, staff members carried placards outside the newly refurbished Bhunga building in Mthatha.

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