NATIONAL NEWS - Management at Huis Davidtz in the CBD will be meeting with government officials to discuss an almost year-long labour strike at the retirement home this week.
This comes as board members are set to meet with members from the departments of health and social development on Tuesday afternoon.
“We will revert back to employees after our meeting,” said Huis Davidtz facilities board Cas Webber. The meeting will be held on Tuesday afternoon.
The strike has reportedly left elderly and frail pensioners at the home unattended for days on end.
“They just lie for hours and hours in their dirty nappies while the beds get drenched with urine,” said Janieta Roos, whose sister is staying at the home.
“This was not how I planned for her to live. For long periods of time, people at the home go without food and water.”
Roos said the labour action was putting a large amount of stress on her.
She complained that she had received no feedback from the MEC, health department, or the home’s board members.
“I understand their problems, but it is the frail care of the people that suffers.”
Roos said if the problems were not resolved soon, the “place could close down”.
“The workers are tired of waiting on promises.”
