Mugwena Maluleke

/ 11 March 2023

Public sector strike will further test the ANC’s alliance with Cosatu trade unions

Relations have soured between Nehawu and its alliance partner, the ANC

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By Lizeka Tandwa and Paddy Harper

Business

/ 5 October 2022

Government stares down public wage conundrum

Workers are in the throes of a cost of living crisis, which could force the government to fold on its hard line against more spending

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By Sarah Smit

Coronavirus

/ 21 January 2021

Pandemic hobbles learners’ futures

South African schools have yet to open for the 2021 academic year and experts are sounding the alarm over lost learning time, especially in the crucial grades one and 12

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By Bongekile Macupe

Education

/ 9 December 2020

Sadtu says Motshekga bowed to pressure from Umalusi to allow rewrite

The teachers union and several learners will appear before the Pretoria high court on Thursday, where they will ask that Motshekga’s decision for a national rewrite of two leaked matric exams be set aside

By Bongekile Macupe

Business

/ 29 October 2020

State’s wage freeze sparks apoplexy

Public sector unions have cried foul over the government’s plan to freeze wages for three years and have vowed to fight back.

By Thando Maeko and Tshegofatso Mathe

Coronavirus

/ 16 July 2020

Teacher unions know their power — and how to use it

After unions demanded that schools be closed this week, the department has said it is the cabinet’s prerogative to decide whether schools should close

By Bongekile Macupe

Coronavirus

/ 14 July 2020

Sadtu calls for the closure of schools

Citing cases such as a school to which only four learners returned, to be met by 20 teachers, the union said Covid-19 is wreaking havoc on learning

By Bongekile Macupe

Article

/ 19 January 2018

National budget overload piles up

Public service unions negotiating wage increases blame budget constraints on reckless governance

By Lynley Donnelly

Article

/ 8 April 2015

Motshekga blocks re-employment of thousands of teachers

The department of basic education wants to block the reappointment of public school teachers who have resigned in order to access their pension funds.

By Bongani Nkosi