Trade union Solidarity’s application to place a graduated nurse in a community service post after the Health Minister and Health Department has failed to do so since January 2017, will be heard in the Pretoria High Court on 11 July.

This follows after the Department and the Minister of Health has failed to respond to Solidarity’s urgent request on 15 June to place the graduated nurse, Dané Hertz, within seven days.

According to Anton van der Bijl, head of the Solidarity Centre for Fair Labour Practices, the Minister and/or the Health Department are required by law to place Hertz. “If she is not placed to complete her one year of compulsory community service, it will not be possible for her to register as a professional nurse,” Van der Bijl said.

Members of the media are cordially invited to attend the court proceedings.

Date: Tueday, 11 July 2017
Venue: Pretoria High Court, 137 Madiba Street, Pretoria
Time: 10:00
RSVP: Wilmarie Brits: wilmarie@solidariteit.co.za

Anton van der Bijl
Head: Solidarity Centre for Fair Labour Practiceke
Cell: 083 291 6855