WCED causes crisis in education
- SADTU
- Authors: SADTU
- Date: 1997
- Subjects: SADTU
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162052 , vital:40752
- Description: On 15 December 1997 the WCED tabled a proposal in the ELRC. This would effectively terminate the contracts of 3333 temporary educators who were filling vacant substantive posts that were created after 1 July 1996 as a result of the rationalisation process. Not only will temporary educators be dismissed, but the posts that they occupy will be frozen. This means that the teachers who remain behind at schools will have increased workloads and will have to manage bigger class sizes
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- Date Issued: 1997
- Authors: SADTU
- Date: 1997
- Subjects: SADTU
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162052 , vital:40752
- Description: On 15 December 1997 the WCED tabled a proposal in the ELRC. This would effectively terminate the contracts of 3333 temporary educators who were filling vacant substantive posts that were created after 1 July 1996 as a result of the rationalisation process. Not only will temporary educators be dismissed, but the posts that they occupy will be frozen. This means that the teachers who remain behind at schools will have increased workloads and will have to manage bigger class sizes
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- Date Issued: 1997
SADTU Bulletin
- SADTU
- Authors: SADTU
- Date: Jan 1996
- Subjects: SADTU
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134604 , vital:37182
- Description: Teachers in the Western Cape joined the SADTU strike in 1993 to fight the retrenchment of teachers. This was the De Klerk government’s interpretation of rationalisation. The National Party’s approach was as follows : It was UNILATERAL. Teachers were not consulted. It was UNIMAGINATIVE. Retrenching teachers was seen as the only option. It BRANDED our labour action as immoral and unlawful whilst refusing to extend the LRA3 to teachers. It was RACIST. Only ex-HoR teachers were to be retrenched. It was a consequence of the Education Renewal Strategy and designed to anticipate an ANC take over and it was seen a last ditched attempt to maintain and protect the privileges of the white ruling class. It was an ATTACK on SADTU. Retrenchment affected mostly temporary, and in some cases, permanent post-level 1 teachers. The bulk of SADTU’s membership falls into these categories. What added insult to injury, was that more promotion posts were created. Senior heads of departments became deputy principals, and more Heads of Department posts were created. Consequently, millions of rands were wasted.
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- Date Issued: Jan 1996
- Authors: SADTU
- Date: Jan 1996
- Subjects: SADTU
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134604 , vital:37182
- Description: Teachers in the Western Cape joined the SADTU strike in 1993 to fight the retrenchment of teachers. This was the De Klerk government’s interpretation of rationalisation. The National Party’s approach was as follows : It was UNILATERAL. Teachers were not consulted. It was UNIMAGINATIVE. Retrenching teachers was seen as the only option. It BRANDED our labour action as immoral and unlawful whilst refusing to extend the LRA3 to teachers. It was RACIST. Only ex-HoR teachers were to be retrenched. It was a consequence of the Education Renewal Strategy and designed to anticipate an ANC take over and it was seen a last ditched attempt to maintain and protect the privileges of the white ruling class. It was an ATTACK on SADTU. Retrenchment affected mostly temporary, and in some cases, permanent post-level 1 teachers. The bulk of SADTU’s membership falls into these categories. What added insult to injury, was that more promotion posts were created. Senior heads of departments became deputy principals, and more Heads of Department posts were created. Consequently, millions of rands were wasted.
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- Date Issued: Jan 1996
Message for 1994 to SADTU members from SADTU President, Shepherd Mdladlana
- SADTU
- Authors: SADTU
- Date: Feb 1994
- Subjects: SADTU
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134684 , vital:37189
- Description: The year 1993 was a year of test and struggle for SADTU. As President of SADTU I believe that we have passed the gruesome test and successfully concluded our struggle against the Apartheid regime. I want to commend and congratulate our regions, branches and the entire membership for remaining vigilant against apartheid education and its bureaucratic structures in order to defend the rights of teachers. You must remember that your success is most vital because SADTU is the only teachers’ union that had the ability and the capacity to fight against 19 education departments. Various issues faced us in 1993. At the beginning of 1993 F.W. de Klerk closed salary negotiations. Because of our campaigns these negotiations were re-opened. We opened the door for all teachers irrespective of membership. All other teachers’ organisations had accepted the closure by the State President of negotiations and the meagre offer of 5% as a reality. Rationalisation programmes went ahead in the HOR/HOD/HOA, again because of the insistence of the leader of the NP, F.W. de Klerk, that all departments must rationalise and cut back. This unfortunately was effected by retrenching thousands of teachers. Although our campaigns were unsuccessful in as far as stopping these programmes, we have succeeded in developing alternative strategies in this regard for a Post Apartheid government.
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- Date Issued: Feb 1994
- Authors: SADTU
- Date: Feb 1994
- Subjects: SADTU
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134684 , vital:37189
- Description: The year 1993 was a year of test and struggle for SADTU. As President of SADTU I believe that we have passed the gruesome test and successfully concluded our struggle against the Apartheid regime. I want to commend and congratulate our regions, branches and the entire membership for remaining vigilant against apartheid education and its bureaucratic structures in order to defend the rights of teachers. You must remember that your success is most vital because SADTU is the only teachers’ union that had the ability and the capacity to fight against 19 education departments. Various issues faced us in 1993. At the beginning of 1993 F.W. de Klerk closed salary negotiations. Because of our campaigns these negotiations were re-opened. We opened the door for all teachers irrespective of membership. All other teachers’ organisations had accepted the closure by the State President of negotiations and the meagre offer of 5% as a reality. Rationalisation programmes went ahead in the HOR/HOD/HOA, again because of the insistence of the leader of the NP, F.W. de Klerk, that all departments must rationalise and cut back. This unfortunately was effected by retrenching thousands of teachers. Although our campaigns were unsuccessful in as far as stopping these programmes, we have succeeded in developing alternative strategies in this regard for a Post Apartheid government.
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- Date Issued: Feb 1994
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