MORE than 2500 people employed by chiefs in the Northern Provicne have been on strike for 18 days, demanding to become public servants, but the provincial administration is not budging. The strikers are members of the Trade Union of South African Authorities(Tusaa), represented in 780 tribal authorities. They are demanding to be registered as public servants because they want benefits like medical aid and pension funds, and better salaries. At the traditional affairs directorate in premier Ngoako Ramatlhodi’s office, spokesman Paul Moloto said there were no plans to register the workers as public servants.