Union members are gathering outside the Dundee Hospital this morning ahead of the COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions) planned National Industrial Strike/Stay away today.

Cars are also parked near the nearby park. In a memo widely circulated, COSATU says the strike is about ‘socio-economic issues which have further deepened the crisis of inequality, poverty and unemployment’.

Traffic Police will be monitoring the situation

Read more: NEWCASTLE: National COSATU strike not expected to disrupt local commuters

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