Unions are demanding 10%. Inflation is just shy of 8%.
Amina Pinto says she has been working as a nurse for more than 40 years and takes home R15,000 a month. “I’ve been a senior staff nurse and that is my salary,” she said.Workers have rejected a 3% wage increase. Unions are demanding a 10% increase.
Last month, a nationwide protest was organised by unions affiliated to trade union federations Saftu, Cosatu and Fedusa. But the Western Cape leg of the march had been postponed due to a taxi strike in Cape Town., Pinto said she spends R2,000 a month to travel from Paarl to her work in Bellville. She has been unable to find accommodation closer to work. After her bond payments and travel she has about R3,000 left to buy food and provide for her family.
“There is a crisis of food, electricity, petrol and all of that has increased. But when you look at the salaries of people, it’s very low. We are asking government to come to the table,” said Eleanor Roberts, provincial chair of the Democratic Nurses Organisation of South Africa.
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