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Calls mount to give teachers priority in the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out
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Cape Town - Calls have mounted for teachers to be prioritised in the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out, as all primary school and special needs school learners have been directed to return to daily attendance and traditional timetables from July 26.
Progressive Principalsâ Association spokesperson Anthea Adriaanse said teachers were classified as essential workers, yet not prioritised to receive the vaccine.
âWe are expected to resume full capacity at schools, making us vulnerable targets with the increased numbers of not only learners but parents, and having to deal with that on a daily basis would put us at greater risk,â said Adriaanse.
âMaggots in school foodâ whistle-blower suspended
By Sne Masuku
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DURBAN - THE Department of Education has suspended a Ziphembeleni Secondary School teacher and whistle-blower with immediate effect for allegedly âbringing the department into disreputeâ.
Scelo Bhengu, also president of the Educators Union of South Africa, was served the suspension letter on Tuesday when he reported for duty at the school. Department spokesperson Muzi Mahlambi confirmed the suspension.
Bhengu, who alleged that Ziphembeleni pupils had been served rotten food with maggots, has vowed that he would return to school.
âIâll come back. Iâll prove my case. They cannot shut me up. The department has suspended me with the aim of covering up its own shortcomings.