Unprotected Strike News Today

Tshwane mayor Cilliers Brink has urged the leadership of the SA Municipal Workers Union to ensure the "no strike message is clear" for members as the city says the strike by disgruntled workers has not stopped.

Eastern Cape paramedics have accused the health department of being responsible for the preventable deaths of critically ill patients by failing to provide adequate resources to save them. In Peddie, emergency medical services (EMS) staff said only one of three ambulances was working. It is meant to service more than 100 rural villages and towns.

Drivers had been striking for the past six days demanding a 6% wage increase.

Stage 4 load shedding is expected to last until Wednesday as some workers failed to report for duty at various stations, leading to delays in planned maintenance and repairs.

Eskom announced that stage four power cuts would continue until Wednesday after workers failed to report for duty at various power stations.