NEHAWU North West welcomes provincial government reshuffling
7 December 2018
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] in the North West Provinces notes and welcomes the bold step, although delayed, by the North West Premier, Prof. Job Mokgoro in reshuffling the Provincial cabinet.
As NEHAWU, we welcome these long awaited changes and we hope they will salvage the Provincial Government from the state of paralysis that has engulfed the Province for the past couple of years. Moving forward, we hope that this reshuffling of the Provincial Government will inspire demoralized workers and the electorate at large in the Province.
We are, however, disappointed that there is no change in the Department of Culture, Arts and Traditional Affairs [CATA]. This is a department that has failed in ensuring stability in the much troubled Mmabana Foundation. The Office of the Premier ought to know that workers in this institution are neglected; harassed and now of late undermined and insulted by the so called Administrative Authority imposed on this institution. It is against this background that we call upon the Premier to therefore take it upon himself to intervene in this parastatal by adhering to our request to meet and discuss this institution and other related matters.
We take this opportunity to welcome all newly appointed MECs and pledge our full support especially for purposes of resolving the long standing workers issues in the Province. Similarly, we want to issue out a warning that NEHAWU has never been a friend and will not begin now being a friend to stubborn Government deployees who are hell-bent in undermining workers and their rights. As we welcome the Comrades deployed, they surely know the amount of unhappiness in the public service and we shall be making a call for bilateral meetings and we expect nothing less than a speedy resolution of our issues.