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| Friday, 03 September 2010 14:26 |
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By Lerato Serero and Mpho Leshoro VANDERBIJLPARK. - While government and different civil servant organisation representatives are engaged in talks about wage increases, the members on the ground continue to picket at different places. In Vanderbijlpark, close to a hundred picketers prevented doctors, nurses and other personnel from entering the Johan Heyns hospital on Tuesday morning while singing revolutionary songs at the main gate in Pasteur Boulevard before deciding to block the road to the Vaal Mall. Two heavily pregnant women who are said to be close to their term wanted to go inside the hospital, but the picketers would not hear a thing about letting doctors in until a while later. This only came after discussions between local representatives, hospital management and police. Police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Kinnie Steyn, says that no arrests were made and that no injuries were reported. Members of the Traffic Department and the police's crime combating unit kept a close eye on the proceedings. The South African Democratic Teachers Union's Evaton branch deputy chairperson Peter Mokhethi says that they are waiting for the provincial leadership for an update on the negotiations and only then will a decision be taken on what steps will follow. The protestors are demanding an 8.6% pay rise and a revised housing allowance while the government offers them 7%. |
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