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Public servants affiliated to the National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) participating in the wage strike, picketing at the main gate of the Pelonomi Tertiary Hospital in Bloemfontein on Wednesday.
Photo: Teboho Setena
The public service wage strike has ended after unions, and the government announced on Wednesday that they had reached a settlement.
Neither the government nor trade unions disclosed the terms, which are still being processed. The unions had demanded a 10% increase. Before the strike, the government had offered a 3% increase plus an R1 000 cash gratuity.
The strike saw public health services crippled in many areas, with patients left unattended and turned away from hospitals and clinics. The National Education and Health Workers Union (Nehawu), the biggest public sector union involved in the strike, has called on its members to return to work.
