The National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union [NEHAWU] condemns with the contempt it deserve the unfair reporting by eNCA on North West health crisis. The reporting by eNCA seeks to blame the union for exercising its constitutional right to strike.
As NEHAWU, we hold a strong view that this is an unfair reporting and it borders on union bashing. The problems in North West Department of Health are there for all to see and both workers and patients have been inconvenienced by the crumbling healthcare system. The national union has always been in the forefront of exposing the rot in the department and continuously called for changes to salvage what was left of the healthcare sector in the province. The continuous failure by the department and the Provincial Government to engage meaningfully presents a missed opportunity in addressing the ever-deepening crisis of governance.
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