The South African Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu) said on Sunday that the death of Don Pasquallie (41), the union's deputy general-secretary, was a "profound loss" to the organisation. Pasquallie died in a car accident in Napier, near Bredasdorp in the Western Cape, at about 6am on Sunday morning.
Willy Madisha was trying to "milk dry" the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), it claimed in a statement on Tuesday. Cosatu had already spent R235 237 on the commission into Madisha's conduct which recommended he be axed as its president, said spokesperson Patrick Craven.
The South African Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu) said on Sunday that the death of Don Pasquallie (41), the union's deputy general-secretary, was a "profound loss" to the organisation. Pasquallie died in a car accident in Napier, near Bredasdorp in the Western Cape, at about 6am on Sunday morning.
The South African Communist Party has asked the South African Police Service to finalise its investigation into a donation scandal after an internal audit cleared their secretary general Blade Nzimande. The SACP audit was set up to investigate the whereabouts of R500 000 donated to the party by controversial businessman Charles Modise.
The education minister's budget was called "simplistic" by the South African Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu) on Friday, following the budget speech in Parliament on Thursday. "Sadtu wishes to express its concern at the simplistic nature of the education minister's budget speech to Parliament," said Thulas Nxesi, general secretary of the union.
