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By Neil McCartney

Chief Photographer and Multimedia Journalist


IN PICTURES: Chaos at Charlotte Maxeke hospital

The Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital descended into chaos today during a Nehawu protest. The union says workers are protesting a long-pending dispute, allegedly over unpaid performance bonuses. Neil McCartney was there.


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Burning barricades outside the main entrance during a protest by Nehawu members at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg, 31 May 2018. Picture: Neil McCartney

 

Burning barricades outside the main entrance during a protest by Nehawu members at the Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johannesburg, 31 May 2018. Picture: Neil McCartney

 

The group marching up the main corridor during a protest by Nehawu members at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg, 31 May 2018. Picture: Neil McCartney

 

A Nehawu member gestures to people queueing for medicine at the pharmacy that they must go before the group stormed it and forced it to close during a protest by Nehawu members at the Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johannesburg, 31 May 2018. Picture: Neil McCartney

 

A Nehawu member screams at people queueing for medicine at the pharmacy that they must go after the group stormed it and forced it to close during a protest by Nehawu members at the Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johannesburg, 31 May 2018. Picture: Neil McCartney

 

Nehawu members stop people queuing for medicine at the pharmacy after the group stormed it and forced it to close during a protest by Nehawu members at the Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johannesburg, 31 May 2018. Picture: Neil McCartney

 

The group marching up the main corridor during a protest by Nehawu members at the Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johannesburg, 31 May 2018. Picture: Neil McCartney

 

The group marching up the main corridor during a protest by Nehawu members at the Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johannesburg, 31 May 2018. Picture: Neil McCartney

 

The group marching up the main corridor during a protest by Nehawu members at the Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johannesburg, 31 May 2018. Picture: Neil McCartney

 

The group marching up the main corridor during a protest by Nehawu members at the Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johannesburg, 31 May 2018. Picture: Neil McCartney

 

Security work on fixing the door of the pharmacy after it was broken during a protest by Nehawu members at the Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johannesburg, 31 May 2018. Picture: Neil McCartney

 

A protest by Nehawu members at the Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johannesburg, 31 May 2018. Picture: Neil McCartney

 

Barricades outside the main entrance during a protest by Nehawu members at the Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johannesburg, 31 May 2018. Picture: Neil McCartney

 

The group marching up the main corridor during a protest by Nehawu members at the Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johannesburg, 31 May 2018. Picture: Neil McCartney

 

A side corridor during a protest by Nehawu members at the Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johannesburg, 31 May 2018. Picture: Neil McCartney

 

The group marching up the main corridor during a protest by Nehawu members at the Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johannesburg, 31 May 2018. Picture: Neil McCartney

 

The group marching up the main corridor during a protest by Nehawu members at the Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johannesburg, 31 May 2018. Picture: Neil McCartney

 

A protest by Nehawu members at Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johannesburg, 31 May 2018. Picture: Neil McCartney

 

Scattered rubbish in the main corridor during a protest by Nehawu members at Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johannesburg, 31 May 2018. Picture: Neil McCartney

Scattered rubbish in the main corridor during a protest by Nehawu members at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg, 31 May 2018. Picture: Neil McCartney

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