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Workers gathered outside the hospital on Monday, blocking access to patients and colleagues. Their frustration stems from unpaid hours dating back to April, with only clinical staff having received compensation — leaving non-clinical staff feeling overlooked and sidelined.
“We only want what’s rightfully owed to us,” said one union representative. “This issue of paying some staff while ignoring others has created division. People are anxious because they’re kept in the dark about when payments will be made.”
The Eastern Cape health department confirmed that the overtime payments are being processed but condemned the disruption caused by the protest. “Employees cannot deny patients and staff access to the hospital,” a spokesperson said. “A wildcat strike is not the way to go. Negotiations are under way to resolve the matter.”
Union leaders, however, argue that the real issue is a lack of communication. Staff reportedly discovered over the weekend that the promised August 15 payments were missing from their payslips, sparking panic and anger.
For now, workers say they’ll continue pressing for clarity — and for the wages they’ve already earned.
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Several other key sites were also hit early Tuesday. A drone struck the civilian section of Port Sudan’s international airport, grounding all flights. Another targeted an army base in the city center, while a third hit a fuel depot near the port.
Eyewitnesses reported that a hotel near the residence of army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan was damaged in the strikes, though no casualties were reported.
Sudan’s information minister visited the affected area near the port and accused a foreign nation of supplying weapons to the RSF—an allegation that was swiftly denied.
This marks the third consecutive day of RSF attacks on Port Sudan, a city that had largely been spared during the two-year civil conflict. Previous strikes over the weekend hit the military side of the airport and fuel facilities, drawing accusations from the military against the RSF, which has yet to respond publicly.
The United Nations has halted all humanitarian flights to and from the city but continues its regular aid operations, confirming that no UN facilities were damaged.
Port Sudan has been a refuge for hundreds of thousands of people displaced by fighting elsewhere in the country. It also became the base for Sudan’s army-aligned government after the RSF seized control of Khartoum.
Now, with drone warfare intensifying and civilian infrastructure under threat, the humanitarian crisis in Sudan is expected to worsen. Despite the army reclaiming much of central Sudan, the RSF’s shift to aerial attacks signals a dangerous new phase in the ongoing conflict.
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