24 Apr 2013 17:23
Classrooms stood empty as Sadtu members took to the streets calling for Angie Motshekga and Bobby Soobrayan to step down immediately.
08 Feb 2013 16:14
We chat to our education reporters about the ANC’s announcement to make education an essential service: what does this mean and will it have any real effect?
22 Oct 2012 12:41 - Sazi Kunene Doing things oneself is imperative in the knowledge-based economy.
30 Mar 2012 10:24 - Bongani Nkosi Sadtu's call to members to examine their role in delivering education is a sea change in attitude.
22 Nov 2011 13:31 - Victoria John Eastern Cape matrics are safe from a teachers' strike for now but tensions remain high as Sadtu takes the department of education to court.
15 Nov 2011 16:55 - Victoria John About 53 000 Eastern Cape teachers have moved closer to striking as their union talks tough, setting Friday as the deadline for government to respond.
11 Nov 2011 12:59 - Victoria John The South African Democratic Teachers' Union could not guarantee that a strike by 53 000 teachers would not disrupt matric exams.
09 Nov 2011 12:17 - Victoria John The department of basic education is scrambling to avert a possible strike by 53 000 teachers -- in the middle of the matric exams.
18 Oct 2011 16:55 - Victoria John A row between Sadtu and the DA is brewing over a Bill that seeks to limit the striking rights of teachers.
02 Sep 2010 11:26 - Staff Reporter The National Association of Parents in School Governance (NAPSG) called the protracted public servants' strike at schools "a tragedy" on Thursday.
20 Aug 2010 10:42 - Kamogelo Seekoei As pupils taught their peers in the absence of striking teachers, the basic education department claimed it would support schools during the strike.