Nehawu to start Department of Water and Sanitation indefinite strike
The biggest public sector union in the country, the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu), will embark on an indefinite strike at the Department of Water and Sanitation offices and facilities nationwide from Thursday.The strike will affect the ongoing construction of dams and service delivery at the department’s offices.Although water provision is mainly the responsibility of municipalities, Nehawu claimed the withdrawal of their members’ labour would halt the delivery of water from dams to other sources across the country. The union announced that the strike was over corruption, maladministration and unfavourable working conditions at a media briefing on Wednesday.Among other items on the list of the union’s demands was for the department to cease using contractors in its projects as they were allegedly the gateway of "corruption and looting" in the department. Nehawu laid the blame for the alleged criminal activities at the department on its former minister...
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