Protesting healthcare workers give Ramaphosa deadline to respond to demands
Dozens of disgruntled healthcare professionals marched to the union buildings in Tshwane –protesting over the soaring unemployment figures of newly qualified healthcare professionals.
Members of the SA Medical Association Trade Union and healthcare workers are marching to the Union Buildings bearing a memorandum of demands - over the unemployment of healthcare workers. Screengrab.
JOHANNESBURG - Protesting healthcare workers are adamant that a 7-day deadline is enough time for President Cyril Ramaphosa to respond to their memorandum of demands.
Dozens of disgruntled healthcare professionals marched to the Union Buildings in Tshwane, protesting over the soaring unemployment figures of newly qualified healthcare professionals.
Although currently employed as a doctor, Dzudzanani Marubini said job security remained an issue.
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Speaking on behalf of the protesting healthcare workers, Marubini said the health department was well aware of the long-term dire state of job security in the sector.
"They’ve been aware of the issues that are happening on the ground because we’ve been singing this song. The seven days is also inclusive of the fact that they have been provided with the evidence to recognise this particular problem."
Philemon Mahlangu, a representative of the Presidency who received the memorandum, said the Presidency could not guarantee a response within the union’s set time period.