Sadtu is protesting against what it says is inadequate provision for the health and safety of its members
10 May 2020 - 16:15The SA Democratic Teachers Union has thrown a spanner into the government’s plans for schools to reopen, saying it will not allow its members to report for duty because the department of education has failed to meet minimum requirements to ensure their safety.
The department of basic education said provinces had indicated they were not ready and Sadtu “has done the right thing to inform their members”.In a statement on Sunday the Sadtu secretariat under general secretary, Mugwena Maluleke, said basic education minister Angie Motshekga had made commitments in terms of the readiness of schools before they were opened, which had not been met.
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