Nehawu turns to the courts over unpaid ANC salaries

THE National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has filed court papers with the Labour Court in a desperate attempt to force the ANC to pay salaries to striking staff workers.

The union filed papers on 31 January, asking the court to order the ANC to pay the outstanding salaries of its workers.

The union’s general-secretary Zola Saphetha says they believe the decision to take the ANC to court is right and correct.

“On the papers, as submitted by the union for and on behalf of its members and staff in general of the ANC, we demand that the service tendered by workers must be remunerated immediately. Unfortunately, the straw that broke the camel’s back was when Christmas passed with no salaries paid.”

Saphetha has also questioned the ANC’s decision to forge ahead with its January 8 celebrations despite not being able to pay salaries.

“It is the fact