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A non-striking nurse has been stabbed at a hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, health MEC Dr Sbongiseni Dhlomo said on Friday.
She was stabbed at the Northdale Hospital, in Pietermaritzburg, on Thursday night, and was now being treated at the same hospital, he said. "This is very disturbing because there is no need to intimidate and injure those who don't want to take part in the strike," said Dhlomo, who was still waiting for more information about the stabbing.
He was speaking after visiting the KwaDukuza Hospital, outside Durban, where he received a report on the kidnapping of a non-striking nurse, allegedly by striking public servants, last week.
"I believe that the police can still arrest the perpetrators," he said.
The public sector strike has been characterised by intimidation.
