Denosa
Denosa members set to march to Makhura’s office over non-payment of salaries
The union said that some of its members had not been paid for at least four months now.
The Health Department in Gauteng has vowed to ensure that the outstanding salaries of more than 50 newly qualified nurses in the province would be paid from Monday.
35-year-old Mtwa, who worked in the OR Tambo District Municipality’s budget and treasury office was gunned down outside her home in Mthatha last month.
Denosa is calling for the health department in the province to address the unemployment levels among nursing staff.
The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa is calling on government to prioritise clearing routes to hospitals and clinics across the province.
The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa and its student movement marched to demand better pay, among other things.
Eyewitness News reported on Tuesday about how staff at the Helen Joseph Hospital are pleading with government to make more funding available to employ more nurses to deal with the influx of patients there.
On Monday, eligible citizens 60 years and older will be allocated to a vaccine site close to their home to get their jab.
In its probe into PPE corruption, the SIU found some of the PPE delivered was substandard, and Denisa Cassim Lekhoathi said that posed some health risks to its members.
The union was reacting to the Special Investigating Unit report into COVID-19 PPE procurement.
On Friday the SIU revealed that more than R30 billion was spent by the state between April and November 2020, and over R13 billion has been deemed irregular.
There have been concerns over shortage of nurses in Limpopo, with the unions saying the province was failing to fill vacant positions.
Sumeeth Sheoraj, chair of Denosa's student movement in Gauteng, said they were hoping to get a verbal proposal from government on paper on Monday.
The alcohol sector is now worried stringent restrictions on the industry could deal a devastating blow on already struggling outlets.
In a statement on Monday, the league said the nurses’ union's calls for Gauteng Premier David Makhura to step aside were ill-informed and irrational.
The union's provincial executive committee met over the weekend to discuss the latest developments, including the axing of Health MEC Bandile Masuku over the PPE corruption scandal.
The researchers conducted an independent investigation into the outbreak at the facility.
According to the Western Cape Health Department, 239 health workers have tested positive for the virus and three have died.
Nurses have been at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19, but many have raised concerns about their working conditions such as the shortage of personal protecting gear and under-staffing.