Striking Department of Social Development workers are to return to work on Tuesday, after a five-week strike ended last week. The National‚ Education‚ Health and Allied Workers Union and the department signed a settlement agreement last week. Workers’s 13 demands included higher entry-level salaries‚ tools of the trade and rural allowances. Nehawu spokesperson Khaya Xaba said most of the demands had now been addressed. "We were able to consult the workers and they are fine with the agreement." Gauteng social development spokesperson Mbangwa Xaba said it should take about a week to move children and the elderly back into government facilities‚ after they were transferred to NGOs early on in the strike. Striking workers were allegedly responsible for the mayhem at some Gauteng child and youth care centres‚ including blocking entrances and preventing food and medication from being delivered‚ which prompted the move. Six-month-old Singalakha Sonamazi died last month shortly after being ...
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