/ 21 February 1999

SWAZI NURSES STRIKE OVER

SWAZI nurses called off a crippling two-day nationwide strike late on Friday after the government agreed to recognise the Swaziland Nurses Association. The strike had left thousands of people without health services. SNA president Masitsela Mhlanga said she is relieved the strike, which started Thursday, is over. Government officials said they called in legal experts to speed up the signing of the recognition agreement. Nurses formed part of the Swaziland National Association of Civil Servants before following the lead of the country’s teachers and forming their own union.