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Unions call for schools in South Africa to close as third Covid-19 wave hits Subscribe The Educators Union of South Africa (EUSA) has called for the closure of schools across the country over concerns around rising Covid-19 cases. With Gauteng, the Free State and the Eastern Cape having declared that they are in a third wave – the whole country will follow soon, the union said. The union claimed that schools are central to this resurgence as safety protocols have been ignored. EUSA blamed the government’s failure to provide adequate personal protective equipment (PPEs), and that Covid-19 ...

Calls for learner rotation system to stay in place Share Cape Town - The Educators Union of SA (Eusa) has called for the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to permanently adopt an adjusted learner rotation system and reject suggestions to return classrooms to full capacity. Union spokesperson Kabelo Mahlobogwane said the proposal was necessary, as the country was still under lockdown. He said it showed that the danger of death and infections was still present, and with new cases of the Indian coronavirus strain being reported in South Africa, as well as it being winter, the department should...

Unions felt the department was not treating the filling of teacher posts as a priority

The terms and conditions of employment under the Employment of Educators Act address conditions of re-employment if a teacher is dismissed for an act of misconduct.  The newly published conditions address if and when a teacher can be re-employed following a case of misconduct and the applicable mandatory period of prevention of re-employment.  Gazetted by the ministry of basic education on 9 April and signed by Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga, the terms and conditions now state how long an educator can be kept out of a public school depending on the severity of their misconduct....

By Staff Reporter SCHOOL teachers in Bulawayo have launched a new union claiming the existing ones were no longer serving the educators’ best interests. The new union, Educators Union of Zimbabwe (EUZ) was formed by some disgruntled teachers who accuse colleagues within existing unions of abandoning their mandate and dabbling in national politics. The new teachers’ group also accuses the unions of using the plight of suffering teachers to advance political ambitions. They further say that some union leaders have since left the profession but continued leading teachers. EUZ Interim secreta...