Teachers Strike

Tens of thousands join teachers’ protest in Rio

Article Jonathan Watts - 9 Oct 2013

This week's teachers march in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro has drawn the biggest turnout since the wave of protests during the Confederations Cup in June.

Ugandan teachers strike to demand 20% pay increase

Article bogdan TagDiv - 16 Sep 2013

Schoolteachers have protested against government rejecting a 20% pay demand.

Sadtu march: ‘Run Angie, run’

Videos Staff Reporter - 24 Apr 2013

Classrooms stood empty as Sadtu members took to the streets calling for Angie Motshekga and Bobby Soobrayan to step down immediately.

M&G Hangout: Should education be an essential service?

Videos Staff Reporter - 8 Feb 2013

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?

Self-teaching is the future

Article Staff Reporter - 22 Oct 2012

Doing things oneself is imperative in the knowledge-based economy.

A watershed moment for Sadtu

Article bogdan TagDiv - 30 Mar 2012

Sadtu's call to members to examine their role in delivering education is a sea change in attitude.

Sadtu backs down from strike but goes to court

Article bogdan TagDiv - 22 Nov 2011

Eastern Cape matrics are safe from a teachers' strike for now but tensions remain high as Sadtu takes the department of education to court.

Teachers on warpath in E Cape as strike talk escalates

Article bogdan TagDiv - 15 Nov 2011

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.

Eastern Cape teacher strike could hit exams

Article bogdan TagDiv - 11 Nov 2011

The South African Democratic Teachers' Union could not guarantee that a strike by 53 000 teachers would not disrupt matric exams.

Frenzied bid to avert EC teachers’ matric exam strike

Article bogdan TagDiv - 9 Nov 2011

The department of basic education is scrambling to avert a possible strike by 53 000 teachers -- in the middle of the matric exams.

Sadtu is ‘self-serving’, says DA

Article bogdan TagDiv - 18 Oct 2011

A row between Sadtu and the DA is brewing over a Bill that seeks to limit the striking rights of teachers.

Parents: Teachers’ strike a ‘tragedy’

Article Staff Reporter - 2 Sep 2010

The National Association of Parents in School Governance (NAPSG) called the protracted public servants' strike at schools "a tragedy" on Thursday.

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