{"id":64497,"date":"2017-03-14T15:22:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T13:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=64497"},"modified":"2017-03-14T15:27:30","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T13:27:30","slug":"social-development-employees-embark-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/03\/14\/social-development-employees-embark-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Development employees embark on strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

The entrance to the offices were closed, with a smouldering tyre placed before the gate.<\/p>\n

National Education, Health and Allied Workers\u2019 Union (Nehawu) members embarked on an indefinite strike following collapsed talks with their employer.<\/p>\n

In Beyers Naude Street, protesters told www.mobserver.co.za<\/b> that they will continue to strike until the Minister of Social Development, Bathabile Dlamini, commits to solving their problems.<\/p>\n

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Beyers Naude Street was partly blocked by workers at the Social Development office.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe are here to give hope to the hopeless, but we cannot do that if we are also hopeless,\u201d Thembi Nkosi, one of the striking workers, said.<\/p>\n

Nehawu spokesperson, Khaya Xaba, told The Citizen, Caxton\u2019s daily paper, that the strike will have a negative effect on the payment of social grants and if the employer does not come up with a satisfactory response, the strike will remain indefinite.<\/a><\/p>\n

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