Sassa workers strike across SA
Nehawu says there are serious problems with new biometric systems and management has not addressed workers’ complaints
Workers at the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) will down tools at offices across the country on Wednesday. “The national strike will run indefinitely until all our demands are met,” National Education‚ Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) general secretary Zola Saphetha said. Union leaders are to meet social development minister Susan Shabangu later on Wednesday. “[She] has requested an urgent meeting with Nehawu to try and resolve the impasse. As Nehawu‚ we will give the minister audience and hope that this impending engagement will unearth a suitable solution to the crises facing beneficiaries and our members‚” Saphetha said. Among the union’s demands is that the biometric enrolment of beneficiaries be suspended; consultation on the biometric enrolment be prioritised; and a job evaluation be undertaken in grants administration. “Biometric enrolment is not part of the job description of workers … nor is it part of the Sassa grant administration business process. In rural are...
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