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TMG Digital reports that the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) is being investigated by the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) for the union’s role in allegedly denying children the right to a basic education.
In 2015‚ the Democratic Alliance (DA) asked the commission to investigate the union in respect of the following: blocking of measures to hold educators accountable for poor performance; neglect of teaching and learning while engaged in various unlawful protests and strikes; and unlawful interference and corruption in the appointment of teachers and principals. The commission has confirmed it will do so‚ according to Gavin Davis‚ the DA’s education spokesman. The DA has welcomed the willingness of the SAHRC to investigate and said it was in the process of making detailed submissions. Davis said: “We need to remove all impediments that prevent our children from escaping poverty‚ and this means holding Sadtu bosses accountable for their role in denying children a right to a quality basic education.”
- Read this report in full at DispatchLive
- Read the DA’s press statement in this regard at DA Newsroom
- See too, Controversial union Sadtu faces human rights probe, at Daily Maverick
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