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Mail & Guardian reports that the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has called on the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) to ensure the rights of workers are recognised after it decided to reinstate the registration licence of private learning group Educor.
The department, which in March cancelled Educor’s registration over its failure to submit audited financial statements since 2020, said the decision to reinstate the licence was made “purely on humanitarian grounds” after it was reported that more than 13,000 students registered at Educor institutions could be left stranded. Saftu urged the department to ensure that the company “does not continue with the violation of workers’ rights and operates effectively to ensure the education services are delivered to the students who are registered”. Educor, the largest private education provider in Southern Africa, owns the Damelin, CityVarsity, Icesa City Campus and Lyceum colleges. It manages 10 educational brands on more than 60 campuses and sites in SA and internationally. As part of the conditions set out by the DHET, Educor must fully comply with Council on Higher Education accreditation requirements before commencing any teaching and learning activities. Saftu said it had been receiving complaints about maladministration and the non-payment of salaries to employees at Educor campuses nationwide since November 2023. “Educor abused their lecturers and other staff in several ways, including late payment of wages, unilateral change of conditions of employment, firing workers who dared stand up for their rights and lacking basic functions that any employer is obliged to have in their workplaces, such as grievance mechanism and handling,” Saftu spokesperson Trevor Shaku claimed.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Umamah Bakharia at Mail & Guardian
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