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
Limpopo Education investigates allegations of teachers stealing from school nutrition programme

The Limpopo Education Department has deployed a team to the Mukula High School in Xikhumba village
Teachers not at higher risk of COVID-19 than general public: Prof Karim

Prof. Salim Abdool Karim, Chairperson of the COVID-19 Ministerial Advisory Committee, says teachers
Motshekga worried dropout rates will spike this year

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is concerned that dropout rates will spike in 2020. The