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Outcry as department of health axes four officials

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The four were among a group of about 70 employees who attended the meeting at the building, 45 Commissioner Street, Johannesburg CBD on Wednesday for raising concerns about the unsafe conditions of the structure.

She said when the head of department Mkhululi Lukhele was asked questions about compliance and why the other issues were taking long to be addressed, he walked out of the boardroom.

"After he walked out on staff, we followed him to his office in an attempt to get answers and while we waited outside his office to speak to him, he called the police and claimed that we were holding him hostage," said Cele."We were not violent at any point, we just needed answers because we had been ignored for a very long time," said Cele."He walked out and decided to leave someone else to speak to us when he is a senior official who felt no need to account.

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union general secretary Mzikayise Tshontshi said the union demands that their members be re-instated.

 

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