In South Africa, trade unions have a reputation for having workers’ back. But for many of the country’s community health workers, these organisations are no longer an ally.
In the absence of action from the health department, South Africa’s community health workers are once again having to fight for their rights, with a nationwide strike planned from 9 November.
Department of health officials know they haven’t paid many community health workers on the ground in Gauteng since June. Do they care?
Last week community health workers were described as ‘troops on the ground’. But these front-line workers say they don’t have resources to fight Covid-19 if it rages through townships
In addition to other measures, the province’s response the outbreak of the coronavirus will be to ‘sort out’ the public healthcare system