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GroundUp reported on Monday that a strike by over 300 workers at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU) in Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria, had entered its second week.
The academic programme has been disrupted as a result. The workers, affiliated to the National Health, Education & Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu), downed tools on Monday last week. They were demanding a 6% pay increase, against management’s initial offer of 3.5%. In a memorandum last Thursday, they also demanded a once-off payment of R2,500. Nehawu’s Mulaudzi Tshifhiwa denied that the union had accepted a 4% increase. Tshifhiwa pointed out that workers started burning tyres at the university’s entrance on Tuesday last week and were still burning tyres on Monday morning, which was proof that they had not agreed to 4%. Addressing workers on Friday, Nehawu deputy chairperson Themba Khumalo said management needed to also attend to the demands of students, which included renovations of student residences, the implementation of a Gender Based Violence policy and the establishment of an Gender Equity Office.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Mosima Rafapa at GroundUp
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