South African healthcare workers protest against poor working conditions and urge the government to end corruption in the purchase of COVID-19 personal protective equipment.
Members of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union protest in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday Sept. 3, 2020. NEHAWU are calling for safer working conditions for front line workers after 240 lost their lives to COVID-19.
The union leading the demonstrations, the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union, has threatened that its 200,000 public workers will go on strike on Sept. 10 if their issues are not addressed. The demonstrators in Pretoria, the capital, marched in front of the offices of President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Union Buildings. They held up placards, some reading “Thank You Frontline Workers” and “Remove Corrupt Officials.”
Gauteng provincial health minister, Bandile Masuku, was also forced to step down due to allegations he was linked to the irregular procurement of health supplies.
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