“Workers go to work to sell their labour power, not to sell their lives.”
So said the national leadership of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) after firefighters had, for more than 12 hours, battled a blaze that engulfed a section of Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital for two days.
The fire broke out in a special dispensary storage room at about 11am on Friday.
Authorities are still investigating the cause of the fire. No casualties have been reported.
A decision has been made to shut down the hospital for the next seven days and about 400 patients, including 13 Covid-19 cases, have been transferred to the Steve Biko Academic Hospital, the Tshwane District Hospital and other hospitals in the province.
No working fire hydrants at Charlotte Maxeke - Fire Operations SA Updated
Karabo Tebele
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Fire Operations South Africa says there were no working fire hydrants at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital
in Johannesburg.
Twitter: @GautengHealth
A fire broke out at the hospital s special dispensary
store on Friday and spread to other parts of the hospital.
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) and the Democratic
Alliance (DA) in Gauteng have called for an
immediate investigation into the blaze.
It is indeed true that the hospital doesn t or didn t have
any emergency plan and secondly, the water situation was poor on the hospital
Nehawu, DA call for speedy investigation into Charlotte Maxeke fire Updated
Martine van der Walt Ehlers
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There have been widespread calls for an immediate investigation into the devestating fire at the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg.
The blaze has lead to the temporary closure of the facility.
The fire started on Friday in a storeroom at the hospital with melting plastic and medical supplies, causing flames to re-ignite a day later.
On Saturday, Gauteng Premier David Makhura visited the hospital and announced that the facility will be closed for seven days.
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) says the fact that the fire raged on for many hours proves that occupational safety measures are not adequately adhered to at the hospital.
No laptops, no online learning, says MUT SRC
By Sakhiseni Nxumalo
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DURBAN - STUDENT leadership at the Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) has criticised the slow roll-out of laptops for students, funded by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS).
The student representative council (SRC), led by the EFF student command, stated that more than 75% of the students at the university were funded by NSFAS.
The SRC was reacting after NSFAS said it was expecting its first batch of laptops, for students who are registered at a public university or Technical and Vocational Education and Training (Tvet) colleges, on April 18.