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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…
June 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…
June 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
Human Rights Day 2019
South Africa will once again be celebrating Human Rights Day on 21 March 2019 and a strew of positive statements about equality, freedom , freedom of expression and association, political rights, etc are bound to be heard. But what about the Human Rights scorecard in our schools? Last year the…
Apr 26, 2019
Message from NAPTOSA President - Nkosiphendule Ntantala.
As I reflect on the year that is drawing to a close, I think back on how 2018 started with the protracted salary negations. You are commended for your patience and support during these negotiations. Despite misgivings regarding the collective agreement, gains were made. I think of the collective…
Dec 12, 2018