TimesLive reports that Gauteng healthcare workers marched through the Johannesburg CBD on Wednesday to hand over a memorandum of demands.

The nurses, affiliated to the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa), marched with Cosatu and Nehawu members to the offices of the Gauteng premier and the provincial health department. The healthcare workers said they were unhappy with a proposed 2% wage increase. “Because they did not give us in 2020 our increase, in 2021 they gave us that lousy one. They are still offering a 2% for this year comrades. What a shame. Imagine a 2% when petrol has increased by R10 already. Imagine a 2% when you never received a real increase,” Denosa president Simon Hlungwani said at the march. The group also complained about safety in health facilities. Nurses also said they were still awaiting their back pay after not being paid for three months.

• Read the original of the short report in the above regard at SowetanLive
• Read too, Gauteng health workers and unions protest over ill-state of sector, at IOL

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