Labour Watch
Teachers unions are mounting more pressure on the department of education (DoE) to sign off collective agreement number four of the occupation-specific dispensation (OSD), with South African Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu) giving them a deadline f...
A study of the supply and demand for teachers in the Western Cape has found that while 95% of the province's educators are qualified according to current requirements many of them have reduced capacity to teach newer or 'specialized' subjects.
The 2...
Slow progress in clarifying key points related to the occupation-specific dispensation (OSD) for the teaching profession is causing frustration among educators and fuelling fears that this might lead to strike action within the already embattled sect...
Newly appointed Gauteng education MEC Barbara Creecy has assured educators who did not receive their salaries at the end of April that the problem will be rectified next week.
Approximately 1200 educators and support staff were left stranded at the ...
 Is the way in which teachers dress an issue? Teachers don't seem to think so, but parents do.
Following parents' complaints to the department of education, Education Minister Naledi Pandor mandated the teaching profession's watchdog, the South Afric...
When do teachers want their salaries to be paid? If you receive your salary too early in December you may end up spending it all and, in January, find yourself queuing for a cash loan. If you receive it too late in the month, you may face a dull fest...
Ezra Ramasethla has been elected as the new president of the National Professional Teachers Organisation of South Africa (NAPTOSA). The teachers union elected its new leadership at its National Congress in October, which marked two years of unity f...
Thobile Ntola has been elected as the president of the South African Democratic Teachers' Union.
Mugwena Maluleke was elected as deputy general secretary.
Both men have served the union since its inception. Ntola was previously the union's deputy ...
Almost 32 000 teachers in South Africa are employed on a temporary basis, according to the national department of education. Education Minister Naledi Pandor revealed this figure during the national assembly's "internal questions session" when she re...
 The following question was sent to the Teacher:
I would like to know if you can help with information about employment. I have been working at a school for 13 years under different governing bodies, with no benefits from the school. I heard that the...
 The Education Law Amendment Act (Act 31 of 2007), which was signed into law at the end of last year, has implications for the principals of public schools.
The amendment prescribes new functions and duties for principals of public schools, including...
A new payment structure for examiners, moderators and editors involved in the National Senior Certificate (NSC) exam has been published in the Government Gazette.
The new rates and guidelines for payments became necessary because all papers that are...
 The department of education and teachers unions have finally signed off the occupation-specific dispensation (OSD) after protracted negotiations.
OSD means that teachers are no longer treated as mere civil servants under a general salary structure f...
 The government has set aside R500-million to attract and reward qualified teachers for working in schools where few want to go: remote, poor and harsh rural and urban areas.
Schools with a chronic shortage of educators in areas such as maths, scienc...
The issue that is prominent in every teacher's mind is occupation-specific dispensation (OSD). Following last year's crippling public service strike the state was forced to review salary scales and grades of various sectors within the public service,...
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