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Huffington Post reports that more than 90 children were moved out of state-run facilities into NGOs on Friday because strikers blockaded the care centres. On Tuesday, a six-month-old baby girl died and the Gauteng Department of Social Development has said the move may have been a factor in her death.
The Gauteng government and the National Education Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) did not discuss emergency staffing of child care centres during the strike, which started on 13 March 2017. "We've done nothing wrong. The blame should fall squarely on the department for not putting measures in place to avert any deaths in relation to the strike because they knew as early as February 10 that the strike was going to take place," said Nehawu’s Khaya Xaba. About the baby’s death, Xaba added: "It's an unfortunate situation that should never have happened. We are very sorry it happened like that. But having said that, the strike is not going to end, we are going to intensify the strike." Social Development MEC Nandi Mayathula-Khoza is expected to explain at a press briefing on Wednesday why the baby died.
- Read this report by Louise Flanagan in full at Huffington Post
- See too, Baby dies after strikers' blockade forces children to be moved to NGOs, at Huffington Post
- And also, Stakende werkers los 500 in tehuise sonder sorg, kos, at Netwerk24 (limit on access)
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