Minister Motshekga finds SADTU's call for her resignation regrettable
6 Mar 2013
The Minister of Basic Education is disappointed at the utterances made by the leadership of the South Africa Democratic Teachers Union that she must resign. The Minister finds the stance taken by the South African Democratic Teachers; Union (SADTU) unfortunate, the posture and tone regrettable.
At this point it is important to set the record straight on some of the key allegations that SADTU has made:
Collective Bargaining
On 7 April 2011 a Collective Agreement No. 1 OF 2011 was entered into under the auspices of the Education Labour Relations Council. The purpose was recorded as being to "improve the remuneration of those who are appointed as markers in the National Examinations". The agreement was introduced to align the collective bargaining processes with the published gazette (Government Notice 187; Gazette 34079) of 2011.