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Vacant Teacher Posts

Angie fails the test for accountability
Article
/ 9 January 2015

Angie fails the test for accountability

Government remains mute about missing results and the Eastern Cape’s teacher debacle.

By Bongani Nkosi and Victoria John
Eastern Cape ‘cannot pay’ teachers
Article
/ 12 December 2014

Eastern Cape ‘cannot pay’ teachers

But the department’s excuse is untenable in law and fact, says the Legal Resource Centre.

By Victoria John
A lesson in shifting the teacher vacancies blame
Article
/ 31 October 2014

A lesson in shifting the teacher vacancies blame

Court action is to blame for teacher vacancies, says the Eastern Cape education department.

By Victoria John
If Motshekga doesn’t pay up she could be taking the bus home
Analysis
/ 8 October 2014

If Motshekga doesn’t pay up she could be taking the bus home

Cars from the minister’s office have been attached to ensure the education department coughs up the R28-million it owes in teacher salaries.

By Victoria John
Schools unite to fix salary snarl-ups
Article
/ 13 June 2014

Schools unite to fix salary snarl-ups

Ninety Eastern Cape schools are demanding the education department reimburse them for the R81m in teacher salaries they have had to pay.

By Victoria John
Pupils who ‘stood up for their rights’
Article
/ 23 May 2014

Pupils who ‘stood up for their rights’

For Khayelitsha learners, their recent protests against deprivation became a story of hope.

By Lucas Siphelo Ndabeni and Kedebone Legoale
In Queen’s Mercy, pupils pull back from the brink
Article
/ 4 April 2014

In Queen’s Mercy, pupils pull back from the brink

Equal Education activists help rural Eastern Cape school to find its voice and stand up for the right to education.

By Victoria John
Open letter: Unpaid teachers plead for salaries
Article
/ 24 May 2013

Open letter: Unpaid teachers plead for salaries

An open letter to Mthunywa Ngonzo, Eastern Cape education’s superintendent general.

By Danika Swanepoel
Schools hit by sick bureaucracy
Article
/ 24 May 2013

Schools hit by sick bureaucracy

For 10 years the Eastern Cape has failed to deal adequately with sick teachers and vacant posts.

By Victoria John
Uphill battle to fill teaching niche
Article
/ 6 May 2013

Uphill battle to fill teaching niche

A young teacher’s school desperately needs him but he’s working without pay while an official sits on the paperwork for the job.

By Victoria John
Motshekga taken back to court over EC teachers shortage
Article
/ 6 March 2013

Motshekga taken back to court over EC teachers shortage

The Centre for Child Law is taking Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga back to court over the shortage of teachers in the Eastern Cape.

By Sapa
Basic education department ordered to fill vacant Eastern Cape teaching posts
Article
/ 3 August 2012

Basic education department ordered to fill vacant Eastern Cape teaching posts

The Grahamstown High Court has ordered the department of basic education to fill vacant posts in Eastern Cape public schools by November.

By Deshnee Subramany
Eastern Cape schools win deal to fill teacher posts
Article
/ 27 July 2012

Eastern Cape schools win deal to fill teacher posts

But the education department is digging in its heels over the appointment of non-teaching staff.

By Victoria John
Vacant teacher posts case ‘not urgent’
Article
/ 13 July 2012

Vacant teacher posts case ‘not urgent’

NGOs baffled by education department’s delay tactics in 18-month-old saga.

By Victoria John
Motshekga to oppose court action over E Cape vacancies
Article
/ 11 June 2012

Motshekga to oppose court action over E Cape vacancies

Angie Motshekga will oppose court action taken by Eastern Cape governing bodies over the failure to fill 64 752 teaching posts budgeted for this year.

By Victoria John

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