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News24 reports that the SA National Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) is furious with its striking sister union, the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) and has accused it of “bullying” and “thuggery” amid violent wage protests.
In a statement, Sadtu general secretary Mugwena Maluleke said their members and leaders in the Eastern Cape were attending a workshop when protesting Nehawu members stormed the venue. Nehawu protestors apparently attacked Sadtu members, demanding that they join their public demonstrations. “This abhorrent behaviour and big man mentality by members of another Cosatu-affiliated union is one of the lowest points of our democracy,” Maluleke claimed. He said the incidents violated the rights of their members and Sadtu would not turn a blind eye when its "members are terrorised and harassed by fellow workers”. Maluleke added that Sadtu "has now accepted that Nehawu is an opponent and not a sister union and shall be treated as such”. Nehawu’s general secretary Zola Saphetha declined to respond to Sadtu’s allegations in the public domain. The Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA advised that, while they supported Nehawu's strike, their members would not join the protest. Meanwhile the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) noted with concern the recent acts of violence and intimidation taking place in different healthcare centres and hospitals. It appealed to the striking workers to exercise restraint and act within the confines of the law when voicing their grievances.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Nkosikhona Duma at News24
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