THE National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) leadership in Parliament has raised fears that the chairpersons appointed to oversee members’ internal disciplinary processes are colluding with Parliament’s management for a predetermined outcome.According to sources, the union is in possession of an audio recording in which one of the chairpersons of members’ disciplinary hearings can be heard speaking to Parliament’s representatives about influencing the process in Parliament’s favour.Five Nehawu members in Parliament, including parliamentary branch chairman Sthembiso Tembe, faced an internal disciplinary process after they were accused of disrupting staff meetings in Parliament.Nehawu Western Cape secretary Eric Kweleta said the union went into the hearings with its own recordings which served as evidence that one of the disciplinary hearings’ chairpersons offered biased advice to the employers."We have misgivings, particularly on the matter of chairs. We asked tha...
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