PRETORIA, South Africa – South African fitness has protested poor career situations and suggested the government end corruption in the procurement of COVID-19 non-public protective equipment.
Protesters piled up in Pretoria and Cape Town on Thursday, accusing fitness workers of being in danger because some fitness services have sufficiently good protective devices, such as surgical masks.
The union leading the protests, the National Union of Education, Health and Related Workers, threatened to have its 200,000 public servants go on strike on September 10 if their upbringings are resolved.
A widespread strike through fitness personnel would cause serious disruption in South African hospitals, which have been pushed to the limit by coronavirus.Although the number of new cases of COVID-19 has declined, South Africa continues to report more than 2000 new cases on an ongoing basis.with the day and the country has been warned of a imaginable moment of wave of contagion.
The pandemic has so far claimed more than 14,300 lives in South Africa, according to official figures.South Africa recorded 630,595 positive cases of COVID-19, the one in Africa and the sixth in the world.More than 27,300 fitness professionals tested positive and 230 died.disease, according to official figures from last month.
Protesters in Pretoria, the capital, marched in front of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s offices in union buildings.They carried posters, some “Thanks to frontline workers” and “Eliminate corrupt officials.”
South Africa has been rocked by corruption allegations similar to the acquisition of non-public equipment.
President Cyril Ramaphosa spokeswoman Khusela Diko resigned after being related to abnormal purchases.Her husband’s company reportedly charged more than five times the amount regulated by surgical masks and disinfectants.
Gauteng’s provincial fitness minister, Bandile Masuku, was also forced to resign on accusations that he connected with the abnormal source of fitness supplies.
The country’s Special Investigation Unit said it has been investigating more than 20 contract-like corruption cases lately to obtain fitness materials for the government.
Among the demands of the staff is that the staff who test positive for COVID-19 are not forced to paint until they have fully recovered.There are accusations that some managers forced staff to repaint before the mandatory quarantine or segregation period had ended.
They asked to be informed about the number of new instances of COVID-19 at the fitness facilities.
“When our staff requests infection data, they are charged through their leaders, yet the minister publishes statistics every day,” industry union leader Zola Saphetha said.
They also demanded a danger premium for those on the front line in the war opposed to COVID-19.
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