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Daily News reports that unions Sadtu and Nehawu on Tuesday lambasted the retrenchment of contract support staff and lecturers at at technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges in KwaZulu-Natal, as “counter-productive”.
Nomarashiya Caluza, SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) provincial secretary, said the services of 136 lecturers and 36 support staff members were terminated this month because of low student enrolment figures for 2017. Employees at Coastal College were the most affected by the move. She indicated that the union would defend the jobs of its members and a meeting would be called with all the affected workers “for preparation of confrontation” with their employers. Ayanda Zulu, National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) spokesperson, said they supported the total shut-down of the colleges until the matter is resolved.
- Read this report by Chris Ndaliso in full at Daily News
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