Johnathan Paoli
THE National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union Nehawu has defended, on Wednesday, a group of 45 Eastern Cape health workers, who earned a staggering R67-million in salaries in the past two years while remaining at home.
They allegedly refused to work at other government hospitals after the provincial health department closed the Orsmond TB Hospital in 2021 because of dwindling patient admissions.
The allegations surfaced following questions at the legislature by the DA Eastern Campe MPL Jane Cowley who slammed the department and accused it of failing to act against the employees while the union was defending them.
Nehawu provincial secretary Mlu Ncapayi said the union obtained an interdict to prevent the department from applying a no-work-no-pay rule and deducting money from salaries.
Ncapayi went on to point out that the department decided to transfer the workers without any consultations with unions and employees.
“They [the Eastern
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