South Africa

Health workers struggle to make ends meet as department fails to cough up their cash

Contract Covid-19 workers, who put their life lives on the line but have not been paid, have been shortchanged or not been compensated for overtime, are asking: “What about us?”

South Africa faces its most significant health reform yet: NHI. But headlines focus more on fear, distrust and dysfunction than on its promise of equity.
South Africa faces its most significant health reform yet: NHI. But headlines focus more on fear, distrust and dysfunction than on its promise of equity. (123RF/SAMSONOVS)

Contract Covid-19 workers, who put their lives on the line but have not been paid, have been short-changed or not been compensated for overtime, are asking: “What about us?”

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Some are waiting for the sheriff of the court to knock on their doors as their debts pile up.

Others have walked away to find a job elsewhere as they no longer trust the Eastern Cape health department to pay them.

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