SABC News reports that hundreds of members of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) in Gauteng are expected to march to the provincial Department of Health in Johannesburg on Friday to deliver a memorandum of demands.

The planned march, dubbed the Provincial Day of Action, is said to be related to the crisis currently engulfing the health sector in the province. Nehawu national spokesperson Lwazi Nkolonzi says this comes against the background of challenges confronting the union’s members, workers and communities, which include corruption, maladministration and dilapidated infrastructure. According to Nkolonzi, the recent Special Investigating Unit (SIU) report on the Tembisa Hospital proves chronic failures by the department in addressing challenges confronting healthcare in the province. The investigation revealed that R2 billion had been lost to tender irregularities and fraud at the hospital.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Refilwe Mekoa at SABC News

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