Strike: from bad to worst
By Lelethu Mquqo
23 August 2010
Johannesburg police arrested a number of union members protesting at the Helen Joseph Hospital.
The arrests occurred shortly after Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane’s visit to the hospital.
Mokonyane praised volunteers who stepped in to help at State hospitals hard hit by the public servants’ strike.
She also called on private sector medics to lend a hand.
In response, the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union accused the State of increasingly using violence against striking workers.
The union says the court interdict granted to government over the weekend may have been misunderstood.
Sadtu’s lawyers plan to contest some aspects of the interdict, including what it regards as a broad definition of essential services.
23 August 2010
Johannesburg police arrested a number of union members protesting at the Helen Joseph Hospital.
The arrests occurred shortly after Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane’s visit to the hospital.
Mokonyane praised volunteers who stepped in to help at State hospitals hard hit by the public servants’ strike.
She also called on private sector medics to lend a hand.
In response, the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union accused the State of increasingly using violence against striking workers.
The union says the court interdict granted to government over the weekend may have been misunderstood.
Sadtu’s lawyers plan to contest some aspects of the interdict, including what it regards as a broad definition of essential services.
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