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The Congress of South African Trade Unions and its affiliates will be joining the South African Communist Party during the closing National Rally for the implementation of the National Health Insurance Scheme programme.

Our support to the NHI scheme programme is based on challenges by poor workers, poor communities and vulnerable workers who cannot access proper health care facilities.

COSATU supported the ANC manifesto for the following main reasons:

• Decent work
• Quality and affordable access to education, ensuring that no poor student who is deserving should be denied access for free education up to undergraduate level
• Quality and affordable health care for all through the implementation of a National Health Insurance for all
• Rural development, with a particular focus on access to land for food production
• Intensify the fight against crime through, amongst others, building street committees in our locality

As we speak, poor workers in our poor communities are dying. We have lost two still-born babies in Ganyesa, in the Kagisano Municipality Hospital, where one of the doctors could not assist the pregnant woman due in part of poor health care facilities, poor service including the conduct of the doctor.

Once again COSATU North West calls for a full investigation into the matter and that the Provincial Health department take responsibility for the death of the two lost babies and deal with the negligence of the same doctor.

Our National rally will be held at Rustenburg (Impala Shaft No. 8) on 8th November 2009.Our main speakers will be the SACP General secretary, Dr Blade Nzimande, and COSATU General Secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi

We call all COSATU members in the areas of Bojanala, members of the community, and churches and the rest of society to join in and support the implementation of our National Health Insurance scheme as soon as yesterday.