The strike is over!

An article from the Daily Sun: https://www.dailysun.co.za/News/National/mortuary-pathology-strike-is-over-20170706 “GAUTENG Health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa has announced that the protected work-to-rule strike by forensic pathology officers is over. Ramokgopa told media at a briefing this afternoon that all the officers had returned to their work stations on Wednesday morning. Ramokgopa said their teams were now hard at work […]

DA WELCOMES SANDF INTERVENTION TO CLEAR GAUTENG MORTUARY BACKLOG

DA WELCOMES SANDF INTERVENTION TO CLEAR GAUTENG MORTUARY BACKLOG I welcome the intervention today of the SA National Defence Force health services to help reduce the backlog at Gauteng mortuaries due to a strike by provincial forensic pathology officers. There are about 200 post-mortems that have to be done, some of them on bodies that […]

Sanlam defends funeral insurance deductions from grants

Life insurer Sanlam has defended its practice of making funeral policy deductions from social grants, noting these deductions are in line with regulations and that the policies are offered to consenting adults. Social grant deductions are one of several payment mechanisms designed to provide “ease of payment and convenience”, as well as access to financial […]