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NAPTOSA World Teachers’ Day Message
NAPTOSA’s leadership salutes each and every educator member of the union in celebrating World Teachers’ Day on 5 October 2019. You are indeed part of a worldwide select group of men and woman who…
October 03, 2019
NAPTOSA Media Statement on the General Education Certificate (GEC) Qualification
The recent pronouncement by the Minister of Basic Education, Mrs Angie Motshekga, that the DBE is working on the introduction of multiple qualifications such as the General Education Certificate…
October 03, 2019
Minister of Basic Education’s Budget Vote Speech: 16 July 2019
“Yes, NAPTOSA is thankful that government has once more confirmed its commitment to the education of our children by increasing the budget for Basic Education over the MTEF period. But will the…
July 16, 2019
NAPTOSA Statement: DBE priorities
NAPTOSA has taken cognisance of the Minister of Basic Education’s brief to the Portfolio Committee in Parliament on the priorities of her Department in the short to medium term. According to the…
July 14, 2019
NAPTOSA Media Statement on Second SONA of 2019
Time is not on South Africa’s side to address the challenges facing our country. That was clear from the President Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address in Parliament yesterday. The disproportionate focus on economic growth and development and on job creation is therefore understandable, because…
Jun 21, 2019
Youth Day 2019
June 16 is a day of remembrance – of pupils, Hector Pieterson, Hastings Ndlovu and others killed on that fateful day in Soweto in 1976. In celebrating Youth Day, we should not only remember the past but also reflect on the present and the future of the South African youth. Let’s be honest, this…
Jun 14, 2019
Workers' Day: 1 May 2019
Workers’ Day is one of the most important days on the calendar of trade unions globally. It presents unions with an opportunity to assess their role and position in the labour market in which they operate and to also do introspection. As the second largest trade union in the education sector in…
Apr 30, 2019
Freedom Day: 27 April 2019
On 27 April 2019 South Africa celebrates Freedom Day for the 25th time. This day in 1994 saw South Africans going to the polls for the first post-apartheid elections, ushering in our first democratic dispensation. Freedom did not come cheaply and without sacrifice. NAPTOSA leadership therefore…
Apr 26, 2019