ECR reports that workers union Nehawu says it wants to know why security guards at Northdale Hospital aren’t being paid. Guards who embarked on protest action blocked the entrance to the Pietermaritzburg facility on Wednesday, preventing people from entering or leaving. The union’s Ayanda Zulu says their members raced to Dr Chota Motala Road to address the situation. “We were informed about the incident, and we went there to ensure normality. The engagement between the workers, of whom 100 per cent, we support them as the unions, that the employers must pay what’s due to them and respect the contractual obligation.”

by Noxolo Miya