Industrial action at Wits University looks set to become protracted after negotiations stalled and unions accused management of acting in bad faith.
Wits staff marched and picketed on campus, demanding a 9% salary increase, while university management are only offering 6.8%.
Salary negotiations are back on track at Wits University, but the strike planned for Tuesday still threatens to bring the university to a standstill.
Teachers will not be able to implement Caps, the new curriculum, in two provinces due to a lack of training.
Parliament’s portfolio committee on basic education is concerned about persistent delays in schoolbook deliveries across the country.
Limpopo teachers have voiced concern over the quality of textbooks as the price war between the basic education department and publishers rages on.
Cosas has warned teachers aligned to Sadtu in Ekurhuleni they will be barred from returning to school if they embark on an intended march in the area.
A school in rural Limpopo is still waiting for textbooks seven months into the school year.
But amid doubts about the logic of a junior employee taking the flak, schools still lack books.
Deputy Higher Education Minister Mduduzi Manana (28) hit a fire storm on his appointment to the Cabinet. Bongani Nkosi turns up the heat.