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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>A group of job-seeking protesters has been evicted from the Tshwane health district offices after occupying the building illegally for two weeks, preventing workers from entering.<\/p>\n

The eviction, through a court interdict, will pave the way for employees to return to their workstations.<\/p>\n

On Friday, the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria granted the Gauteng health department an order to remove the protesters.<\/p>\n

The protesters were finally evicted on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The group had illegally occupied the offices in the Pretoria CBD for almost two weeks.<\/p>\n

As a result, at least 200 staff members have not been able to access the Fedsure premises in the inner city forcing them to work at other health department offices.<\/p>\n

The district office services 77 clinics in Tshwane.<\/p>\n

The department has welcomed the court order.<\/p>\n

It said the unlawful occupation of district offices affected operations negatively.<\/p>\n

The department added although the illegal occupation was reported to the police, despite several visits to the building, they were unable to remove the protesters.<\/p>\n

The department then sought a court interdict against the protesters which was granted by Friday, 22 July for them to immediately vacate the offices and to stop intimidating or preventing employees from accessing the workplace.<\/p>\n

It said it had previously embarked on an extensive consultative process which involved contract employees, unions, and the provincial treasury.<\/p>\n

The department added the process, concluded in July, had led to the absorption of 8 619 community health workers who were on contract, into permanent posts.<\/p>\n

“We have noted that since the appointments were effected, following the conclusion of the verification processes, the department started receiving requests from people claiming to have been CHWs [community health workers] at some point.”<\/p>\n

The department extended its appreciation to the district employees for their patience during the illegal occupation.<\/p>\n

It added it wanted to reassure them their safety remained a priority.<\/p>\n

News24 previously reported the group of unknown protesters numbered about 40.<\/p>\n

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