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BusinessLive reports that the SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) and the National Teachers Union (Natu) are threatening industrial action in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) at the opening of the 2017 school year if the salaries and the working conditions of Grade R teachers are not improved.
The province has about 5,200 Grade R teachers who earn R7,000 but get none of the benefits enjoyed by other teachers such as medical aid, a 13th cheque, maternity and leave pay. Sadtu is demanding that Grade R teachers’ salaries be increased to R8,000, backdated to April 2016; and that they receive bonuses, to be paid in December. Also, those teachers who have M+3 qualifications should be absorbed into the system and be paid like normal teachers. Natu has asked for an urgent meeting with the education department’s newly appointed head, Enoch Nzama, to sort out the Grade R issue.
- Read this report by Nce Mkhize in full at BusinessLive
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