The Mercury reports that the successful applicants for as many as 800 senior posts - including heads of department, deputy principals and principals - at schools around KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) have apparently yet to be announced.  

As a result, the applicants and the schools are facing serious challenges in planning for next year.  A total of 2,204 posts were advertised earlier this year and appointment letters were meant to be distributed on 24 October, with appointees due to have assumed duties on 1 December.  But as of Monday, only about 1,300 successful applicants had seemingly been announced.  Leann Roos of the Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwysersunie commented that schools could not effectively plan for next year if they did not know who the successful candidates were.  A spokesman for the Department of Education placed the blame on inefficient school governing bodies.

• Read this report by Bernadette Wolhuter in full at The Mercury
• Read too, Daarom het KZN-onnies nie werk nie, sê Fedsas, at Maroela Media

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