News24 reports that, according to a union official, members of the National Education Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) at the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) are not on strike and have no immediate plans to do so.  

The union’s general secretary Bereng Shoke said that Sassa staffers had grievances, but no dispute had been declared and no notice of a strike had been issued.  This was amid fears that a strike could undermine any last-minute efforts to make sure there is a new social grants payout system or agreement in place to replace the one that expires on 31 March.  About 6,000 Nehawu members in the Department of Social Development (DSD) went on strike on Monday, after talks over their grievances collapsed on Sunday night.  They are social workers, childcare workers, managers of homes and care centres, and administrative staffers.  A Nehawu spokesperson said the union's issues with the DSD dated back to August 2015, and had not been addressed adequately.

• Read this report by Jenni Evans in full at News24
• See too, Tshwane workers join Nehawu national strike, at The Citizen
• And also, Nehawu’s wage strike heats up, on page 10 of The New Age of 16 March 2017

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