Educator’s movement to protest over unemployed teachers
The top three provinces with massive teacher vacancies are KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Limpopo.
UNESCO highlights global shortage of teachers
UNESCO has sounded the alarm for more teachers to join the profession.
Case of student accuse for murdering a Joburg teacher postponed
Bafana Mahungela is accused of murdering Johannesburg teacher Kirsten Kluyts.
NATU calls on Education Department to ramp up security in schools
The National Teachers Union (NATU) has called on the Education Department to scale-up security at
Education Department says it will not force teachers to be vaccinated
The Basic Education Department says it will not force educators to be vaccinated against their will.
Mpumalanga faces challenges in vaccination of teachers
The Mpumalanga Health Department has so far vaccinated about 30 000 of the 45 000 teachers in the
The early closure of schools will help increase the vaccination of teachers
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says the early closure of schools will help increase the
Minister Lindiwe Zulu is failing to protect teachers against COVID-19: ECD Centres
Independent Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centres say Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu
Vaccination programme poorly planned and implemented: Denosa
The Democratic Nursing Organisation (Denosa) says the vaccination programme rollout has been poorly
Naptosa calls “anti-vaxers” to reconsider the vaccine’s safety
The National Professional Teacher’s Organisation, Naptosa, has called on educators who are so-called
KZN teachers heed call to get vaccinated
Teachers in KwaZulu-Natal have heeded the call to get the coronavirus vaccine as number of teachers
More Limpopo schools temporary closed due to COVID-19 infections
More schools have been temporarily closed in Limpopo following positive coronavirus cases. The
Naptosa plans for COVID-19 vaccine rollout despite postponement
The National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of South Africa says the sector is going ahead with
Teachers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 from April: Mkhize
Teachers will be vaccinated against COVID-19 from April this year. This was confirmed by Health
Mixed reactions from parents on reopening of schools amid new variant
Parents express mixed views about the reopening of public schools as government schools across the
NAPTOSA says teachers should also be part of first groups to get COVID-19 vaccine
The National Professional Teachers’ Association of South Africa says it is unfortunate that
NATU calls for extension period of substitute teachers
The National Teacher’s Union (NATU) has called on the Department of Basic Education to reconsider
DBE issues notice for teachers working from home to return to work
The Department of Basic Education has issued notice to all teachers who were granted concession to
Concerns over concession leave granted to teachers
Some educators, who have chronic ailments that are flagged as high-risk co-morbidities for the
Some schools still waiting for substitute and extra teachers – Naptosa
The National Professional Teachers Organisation of South Africa (Naptosa) says a number of schools