In response to Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo’s “li this was a bank, then I would change banks” (March 7,201S),theliealthand0ther -Service Personnel Trade Union of SA (Hospersa) would like to point out that Dhlomo is in charge of that selfsame “bank”-he is referring to and, accordingly, if he had even a sembllllice of a conscience, he would withdraw permanently from his leadership role.
Two of labour’s greatest modern tragedies provided a media focus over the past week or so: Aurora and Marikana. And the latest episodes in these sagas brought to mind two popular expressions: “The buck stops here” and “The more things change, the more they stay the same.”
The buck stops here was popularised by former United States president Harry Truman, who kept a sign on his desk making this statement. It made the point that responsibility for decisions of the executive and the state ultimately rested with him.
Two of labour’s greatest modern tragedies provided a media focus over the past week or so: Aurora and Marikana. And the latest episodes in these sagas brought to mind two popular expressions: “The buck stops here” and “The more things change, the more they stay the same.”
The buck stops here was popularised by former United States president Harry Truman, who kept a sign on his desk making this statement. It made the point that responsibility for decisions of the executive and the state ultimately rested with him.
Durban – A tender for four mobile clinics in KwaZulu-Natal will end up costing taxpayers a “crazy” R61m – and only two of the units have been delivered.
Of that amount, R52m is being spent on leasing a truck and trailer that has a standard X-ray machine, which at the end of the three-year lease, the department will not even own.
Durban – About 200 members of the Hospersa trade union marched through Pietermaritzburg on Friday afternoon to demand a meeting with KwaZulu-Natal premier Senzo Mchunu over mismanagement and corruption in the province’s health department.
The Health and Other Service Personnel Trade Union of SA memorandum that was handed over to Zakhele Mnqayi, the deputy director-general, accused the province’s health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo and health department head Sibongile Zungu of “presiding over a department that is perpetually in a state of mismanagement and corruption”.
The Health and Other Service Personnel Trade Union of South Africa (Hospersa) is appealing to Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan to alleviate the ever-increasing financial pressures faced by working people, when delivering his annual Budget Speech on this afternoon. The Union warns against increases in income tax, Value-Added Tax (VAT) as well as other forms of taxation and costs borne by workers.
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