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Cape Argus reports that a group of post-community service nursing practitioners, supported by the EFF’s Labour Desk, held a picket in front of the Western Cape legislature on Monday over the alleged termination of their contracts by the Department of Health (DOH) due to the issuing of nursing membership certificates by the SA Nursing Council (SANC) having been delayed.
The professional nurses said the department had previously granted them employment on submission of certificate payment receipts alone, but this was suddenly rejected. This was said to be despite the department being aware of the three to four month turnaround times for the issuing of certificates by the council. Instead, the DOH had issued a declaration to labour brokers not to hire them. The protestors demanded immediate disqualification of the declaration issued to nursing agencies and permanent employment for all post-nursing community service practitioners. DOH spokesperson Mark van der Heever pointed out that the practitioners had completed their community service on 31 January. On completion of the community service period, their contracts of employment with the department had lapsed. “It is important to note that the department has undertaken a position based on departmental internal policies to make a special concession to appoint nurses who have applied for a position within the department and are qualified and waiting for registration with SANC,” he said.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Mthuthuzeli Ntseku at Cape Argus
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