South african democratic teachers union
Sadtu calls on Education Dept to deploy more teachers, postpone exams
The union said its members raised concerns as they were still waiting for substitute teachers to be deployed to schools.
The union claimed the Education Department was failing to ensure effective teaching and learning during the lockdown.
MEC Lesufi says he is meeting with teachers union Sadtu later on Tuesday and community leaders on Thursday to explain the plans the department has to return the school to normality.
The Gauteng Education Department on Monday met with teaching union Sadtu and community members in Soweto where it was agreed that classes would resume on Tuesday.
The union claimed the process to close middle schools was ill-informed.
The president also said history should be made a compulsory subject.
The union says a number of teachers are suffering from burnout.
The ANC’s former chief whip in the NCOP, Nosipho Dorothy Ntwanambi, has passed away.
Two school principals were allegedly abducted by Sadtu members last week.
Cosatu boss Sdumo Dlamini warns the trade union federation cannot be built on lies and conspiracy.
Sadtu and the dept face off over the union’s demands that a collective agreement be reinstated.
Members of Sadtu are still arriving in drips and drabs for its nationwide protest.
Sadtu teachers have embarked on a go-slow to pressure the Education Minister and her DG to resign.
Sadtu says the ANC's move to declare teaching an essential service is unconstitutional.
Cosatu says it will reject a proposal by the ANC to declare education an essential service.
Sunday reports say the ANC’s NEC lekgotla this week adopted a proposal to ban teachers' strikes.
Schools in troubled Limpopo reopen on Wednesday with a sense of optimism among pupils and teachers.
Sadtu says salaries needed to be reviewed to make the profession more attractive.
Temporary educators at some EC schools have not yet been paid.