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The Citizen reports that the national Department of Health could soon have a new home as plans to relocate staff from the current hazardous building in Pretoria are finally under way, following several months of chaos.
The Civitas Building in the city centre, which also houses Health Minister Zweli Mkhize and is owned by the Department of Public Works, is in a deteriorating state, with parts of the ceiling collapsing, damaged sections of the building cordoned off from staff members and harmful black dust contained prevalent within the building. Due to the poor condition of the 29-storey building, staff only work three hours a day from 8am to 11am. Over the past two years, staff have held protests and demonstrations in the hope that they would be relocated to a safer building and now their wish is finally coming true. Following a meeting between Mkhize and Public Works Minister Patricia de Lille in December, the minister met with his deputy, the health department’s director-general and senior management where it was decided that a relocation plan be implemented. The department has since established an emergency relocation task team, which includes union representatives. The task team has identified two suitable buildings to relocate to. But before that happens, Mkhize ordered that public works should give a time-frame for the completion of the relocation process. Employees should also be informed of the interim arrangement, which will include them returning to work full working hours until the relocation is complete.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Rorisang Kgosana on page 6 of The Citizen of 6 February 2020
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