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Health workers call for NW premier's head

North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo must go. eNCA reports that this is according to public servants from the provincial Health Department when hundreds of National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu), the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa) and the Health and Other Services Personnel Trade Union of SA (Hospersa) marched to the provincial legislature demanding that Mahumapelo must resign from his position as a premier within 14 days.

In a memorandum they said Mahumapelo ran a corruption-infested administration. Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) deputy secretary general Solly Phetoe said the workers have taken a resolution that Mahumapelo must go and said that Cosatu supported them.

"We did not vote the  ANC to be oppressed by Supra, if he refuses to resign then President Cyril Ramaphosa must remove Supra. We have had enough of him. Your days are numbered," he said.

"We are not a faction, the reason we are here is due to issues affecting the workers…" Issues raised included companies that were awarded tenders under dubious circumstances.

The SA Communist Party and SA National Civic Organisation (Sanco) supported the protest.

[link url="https://www.enca.com/south-africa/supra-must-go-northwest-health-public-servants-demand"]eNCA report[/link]

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