Sbusiso Mngunikazi Citwa, 47, left the department in November 2018 to recover after a miscarriage.
She applied for a post in 2019 and was appointed as a health-care worker at Stutterheim hospital in June.
However, she says she has not been paid since then, even though she has been caring for Covid-19 patients.
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Covid-19 nurse 'unpaid after nine months'
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A nurse who has been on the front line against Covid-19 says the Eastern Cape health department has not paid her for nine months.
Sbusiso Mngunikazi Citwa, 47, left the department in November 2018 to recover after a miscarriage.
She applied for a post in 2019 and was appointed as a health-care worker at Stutterheim hospital in June.
However, she says she has not been paid since then, even though she has been caring for Covid-19 patients.
For more on this article, please visit DispatchLIVE.
Health workers struggle to make ends meet as department fails to cough up their cash
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