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Nehawu to march against privatisation

Johannesburg - National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) workers in the Free State will march against privatisation on Wednesday, the union said.

Premier Ace Magashule had promised to reverse most of the government's outsourced and privatised functions, but provincial departments were still renewing private service providers' contracts, it said.

"We want the provincial government to outline its plan on how will it take back the outsourced services," said Nehawu's Maluti region chairperson Montseng Tsiu.

She said the provincial government should look at ways of buying out existing contracts.

"We understand it is a process. It cannot be done in a day, but what plans are in place to undo this?" she asked.

Tsiu said that among the outsourced functions were security and cleaning services.

The protesters would assemble at Freedom Square in QwaQwa before marching to Manapo hospital in Phuthaditjhaba to hand over a memorandum at noon.

 
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