Dept: Major teacher unions won’t take part in public sector strike
The Basic Education Department said that the country’s five major teaching unions would not be participating in this week’s public service sector strike and the matric exams would continue as normal.
This will be the first national strike by the Public Servants Association (PSA) in a decade.
The department’s Elijah Mhlanga said teacher unions were focused on the exams.
“The fear that we have is that if there are disruptions to public services such as public transport, that’s where the problem will occur because we rely on the stability of movement to be able to get our question papers from place to place. That’s what could possibly stop learners from going to school and stop teachers from going to work as well.”
-EWN
In other news – Shauwn Mkhize reveals Royal AM players were strangled by n@ked men in Congo
South African socialite and Royal AM boss Shauwn “MaMkhize” Mkhize discusses the ill-treatment and “Congo muti” her soccer players endured in the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) this past week.
According to the Royal AM boss Shauwn “MaMkhize” Mkhize the game between her club and TP Mazembe, which took place in Congo this week was overshadowed by the ill-treatment by the Congolese club. City Press reports that Royal AM has called on CAF to dish out harsh punishment to TP Mazembe following the “inhumane and hostile” treatment by their DRC hosts. Learn More
