Victimised for reporting abuse

CLAIM: MANAGEMENT MISTREATED ME, SAYS NURSE

- Masoka Dube

South Africans commemorate Women's Month, a nurse obtained a restraining order against her superiors for reportedly attacking her for reporting sexual misconduct.

Linda Motloung, a nurse from Tsakane Clicks Clinic in Brakpan, Ekurhuleni, said her relationship with the management got sour after she reported a sexual harassment case.

"What made me approach management was the offensive and sexual utterances that the store manager was always making against me," said Motloung.

"There was a time when I had a problem accessing the workplace entrance as the security system was failing to detect my finger, and the store manager asked me if a finger was being used when I was about to have sex with my partner."

She said she felt embarrassed and told the store manager she didn't like what he said.

"But the manager continued to make sexual advances. As he was the one assisting me to get in and out of the workplace, I was obliged to interact with him.