ANA reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Thursday that Gauteng health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa had mishandled the strike by forensic assistants by not getting a court order against it.  

Workers affiliated to the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) embarked on a strike demanding similar benefits to pathologists.  DA spokesperson on health Jack Bloom said in a statement that Ramokgopa was bumbling from one crisis to another.  “The illegal strike by forensic assistants in the 10 Gauteng state mortuaries has dragged on for three weeks despite concessions made to meet the demands of the workers,” Bloom said.  He added that pathologists were doing the best they could with 10 military medics and eight volunteers from the National Association of Funeral Directors assisting them, although the backlog was still about 200 bodies.

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