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News24 reports that teaching assistants in Mpumalanga say they are struggling to put food on the table and care for their families after not receiving their stipends for the past three months.
On 1 April 2022 they signed new contracts, which are expected to expire on 31 August 2022. The teaching assistants were promised R4,081 per month, but have not received a cent from the provincial education department. An assistant teacher from Springbok Colliery Primary School said: "It's been three months without getting paid. We are on the fourth month now, and if we keep quiet, we won't get paid again. This has affected my life because I'm supposed to take care of my family with this money. It's very difficult to manage without it. Every time we ask, there are no answers.” An assistant teacher from Magaduzela Primary School said that before the schools closed, the principal informed them that money had not been received from the education department to pay the stipends. Education department spokesperson Jasper Zwane advised the department had transferred the money to all schools last week, and schools had been directed to effect payment urgently. "This is payments for April, May, and June. The information at our disposal is that almost all education assistants were paid on Thursday and Friday last week,” the spokesperson claimed.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Iavan Pijoos at News24
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