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Acting Gauteng Health MEC, Jacob Mamabolo has reassured nurses who were appointed on COVID-19 contracts that their salaries will be processed by the end of August.
This follows media reports, alleging that 80 COVID-19 contract nurses at Dr. George Mukhari Academic Hospital in Ga-Rankuwa had not been paid their July salaries.
In a statement, MEC Mamabolo said he has since directed the department to compile a consolidated report on COVID-19 human resources related issues at all facilities by the end of this week, to ensure that health workers are not inconvenienced any further.
"The Gauteng Department of Health has appointed over 681 nurses during this financial year to augment its workforce as part of the COVID-19 response in the province. A total of R500 million has been budgeted for contracting various categories of workers across all institutions, inclusive of all categories of nurses," he said. 
Mamabolo said it is unacceptable that workers have not been paid.
"It is simply unacceptable that workers are not paid. We cannot expect frontline workers to lead the fight against COVID-19 while on the other hand we are letting them down in terms of their remuneration," he added. ​​