National News Flashes
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- NAPTOSA National News Flash 15 of 2026 - World Occupational Day for Safety and Health at Work
- NAPTOSA National News Flash 13 of 2026 - GEMS UPDATE
- Draft External Scales Apr 2026 - For Distribution
- NAPTOSA National News Flash 12 of 2026 - Term 2 Update
- NAPTOSA National News Flash 11 of 2026 - Update on Grade R Conditions of Service
- NAPTOSA National News Flash 10 of 2026 - Update on GEMS Response to the Memorandum of Demands
- NAPTOSA National News Flash 09 of 2026 - GEMS From Mobilisation to Resolution
- NAPTOSA National News Flash 08 of 2026 - GEMS Action
- NAPTOSA National News Flash 07 of 2026 - SONA Reflection
- NAPTOSA National News Flash 06 of 2026 - GEMS Update
- NAPTOSA National News Flash 05 of 2026 - School Safety, Reporting Obligations
- NAPTOSA National News Flash 04 of 2026 - STATEMENT ON SCHOOL SAFETY AND LEARNER TRANSPORT REGULATION
- NAPTOSA National News Flash 03 of 2026 - Term 1 2026
- NAPTOSA National News Flash 02 of 2026 - Reflections on the 2025 Matric Results and Calls for Sustained Support in Education
- NAPTOSA National News Flash 01 of 2026 - NSC STATEMENT
- NAPTOSA Impact #4 of 2025
- Message from the President 2025
- NAPTOSA National News Flash 35 of 2025 - Update on the 2026 Proposed GEMS increases
- NAPTOSA National News Flash 34 of 2025 - Statement on the 2026 Proposed GEMS increases
- NAPTOSA National News Flash 33 of 2025- Statement on the State of Our Education System and the Urgent Call to Go Back to Basics
- NAPTOSA National News Flash 32 of 2025- 21 November National Shutdown Statement
- The NAPTOSA Impact #32025
- The NAPTOSA Impact - Issue 1 08042025
- The NAPTOSA IMPACT #2
- Collective Agreement 2 of 2025
- National News Flash 31 of 2025 - Statement on the 8th National Congress
- National News Flash 30 of 2025 - TALIS REPORT SA OUTLOOK
- National News Flash 29 of 2025 - A Victory for Grade R
- National News Flash 28 of 2025 - NSC STATEMENT
- National News Flash 27 of 2025 - Early Retirement Programme Update
- National News Flash 26 of 2025 - World Teachers Day
- National News Flash 25 of 2025 - DBE Assessment Survey
- National News Flash 24 of 2025 - Thrive by Five Index 2024
- National News Flash 23 of 2025 - ELRC Verification of Educators and Learners
- National News Flash 22 of 2025 - Early Retirement Programme Update
- National News Flash 21 of 2025 - Reaction to the Basic Education Budget Vote
- National News Flash 20 of 2025 - Statement on Safe Schools Protocol
- National News Flash 19 of 2025 - Statement on Guidelines
- National News Flash 18 of 2025 - Child Protection Week
- National News Flash 17 of 2025 - Budget 3.0 statement
- National News Flash 16 of 2025 - GEHS Increase
- National News Flash 15 of 2025 - SAFRICAN Voluntary Policy
- National News Flash 14 of 2025 - Early Retirement Programme Survey
- National News Flash 13 of 2025 - Important Advisory - Use of NAPTOSA Name and Logo
- National News Flash 12 of 2025 - Free State Department of Educations failure to pay
- National News Flash 11 of 2025 - Draft Salary Scales
- National News Flash 10 of 2025 - Reaction to The Budget Speech
- National News Flash 09 of 2025 - HAPPY NAPTOSA DAY
- National News Flash 08 of 2025 - Publication of Sexual Offenders and GBV Perpetrators list
- National News Flash 07 of 2025 - Majority Signatures Secured
- National News Flash 06 of 2025 - PSCBC Update
- National News Flash 05 of 2025 - Reaction to the State of the Nation Address
- National News Flash 04 of 2025 - Salary Negotiations Update
- National News Flash 03 of 2025 - NSC STATEMENT
- National News Flash 02 of 2025 - BELA Implementation Program
- National News Flash 01 of 2025 - Wage Negotiations Update
- National News Flash 38 of 2024 - Gems Increases and Wage Negotiations Update
- National News Flash 37 of 2024 - Warning Against Breach of POPI Act
- National News Flash 36 of 2024 - Response on Early Retirement
- National News Flash 35 of 2024 - Response on the MTBPS
- National News Flash 34 of 2024 - Statement on the upcoming MTBPS – 30 October 2024
- National News Flash 33 of 2024 - Salary Negotiations Update
- National News Flash 32 of 2024 - NSC Statement
- National News Flash 31 of 2024 - NAPTOSA Statement on the deaths of five Learners
- National News Flash 30 of 2024 - Day of Action - FEDUSA Affiliates
- National News Flash 29 of 2024 - Day of Action: Survey Results
- National News Flash 28 of 2024 - Un-Under qualified Grade R Practitioners
- National News Flash 27 of 2024 - Day of Action - Member Mandate.pdf
- National News Flash 26 of 2024 - Women's Month 2024.pdf
- National News Flash 25 of 2024 - President's Opening of Parliament
- National News Flash 24 of 2024 - Housing Allowance Adjustment
- National News Flash 23 of 2024 - 7th Administration Cabinet Announcement
- National News Flash 22 of 2024 - Wage Negotiations - Survey Results
- National News Flash 21 of 2024 - 2025 26 Wage Negotiations
- National News Flash 20 of 2024 – National Elections
- National News Flash 19 of 2024 - Housing Allowance
- National News Flash 18 of 2024 - GEPF Benefit Enhancement
- National News Flash 17 of 2024 - WC PCEO Appointment
- National News Flash 16 of 2024 - World Safety and Health at Workday
- National News Flash 15 of 2024 - Draft Salary Scales
- National News Flash 14 of 2024 - Supplementary Salary Run
- National News Flash 13 of 2024 - 2024 Salary Increase
- National News Flash 12 of 2024 - Implementation of PSCBC Resolution 2 of 2023
- National News Flash 11 of 2024 - (GPAA) Data Breach Concerns
- National News Flash 10 of 2024 Childhood Innocence Shattered by Violence
- National News Flash 09 of 2024 - A Victory For NAPTOSA
- National News Flash 08 of 2024 - PYEI – Fake News Alert
- National News Flash 07 of 2024 - School Governing Body Elections
- National News Flash 06 of 2024- Unions Call for Action on UN High Level Panel Recommendations on Teaching
- National News Flash 05 of 2024 - The United Nations High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession launches landmark recommendations
- National News Flash 04 of 2024 - UN High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession -Recommendations
- National News Flash 03 of 2024 - NAPTOSA's reaction to the 2024 National budget Speech
- National News Flash 02 of 2024 - SONA Reflections
- National News Flash 01 of 2024 - Statement on the 2023 National Senior Certificate Results
- National News Flash 31 of 2023 – World Teachers Day
- National News Flash 30 of 2023 – Western Cape PCEO Advertisement
- National News Flash 29 of 2023 - NAPTOSA / SAFRICAN Family Funeral Plan
- National News Flash 28 of 2023 - Bela Bill
- National News Flash 27 of 2023 - Women's Day
- National News Flash 26 of 2023 - Welcome Back To Term 3
- National News Flash 25 of 2023 - National Youth Day
- National News Flash 24 of 2023 - Child Protection Week
- National News Flash 23 of 2023 - FEDUSA Bursaries
- National News Flash 22 of 2023 - Hammanskraal Cholera Outbreak
- National News Flash 21 of 2023 - Strategies to Promote Reading with Comprehension - PIRLS Part 2
- National News Flash 20 of 2023 - Tributes to Dr Dennis George
- National News Flash 19 of 2023 - PIRLS Report
- National News Flash 18 of 2023 - North West PCEO Advertisement
- National News Flash 17 of 2023 - Workers' Day
- National News Flash 16 of 2023 - DPSA Salary Scales
- National News Flash 15 of 2023 - 2023 Autism Awareness Month
- National News Flash 14 of 2023 – 2023 Salary Negotiations final offer accepted
- National News Flash 13 of 2023 - 2023 Salary Negotiations Survey Results
- National News Flash 12 of 2023 – The Employer’s Final Offer
- National News Flash 11 of 2023 – Human Rights Day
- National News Flash 10 of 2023 – Salary Negotiations Update
- National News Flash 9 of 2023 – Women’s month
- National News Flash 8 of 2023 - United Nations Commission on the Status of Women – CSW67
- National News Flash 7 of 2023 -2023/2024 Salary Negotiations Update – Labour Tables their Demands
- National News Flash 6 of 2023 - 2023/2024 Salary Negotiations
- National News Flash 5 of 2023 - Naptosa Statement on State of the Nation Address (SONA), 2023
- National News Flash 4 of 2023 - NAPTOSA Pre-SONA statement
- National News Flash 3 of 2023 - Pay Progression
- National News Flash 2 of 2023 - Status of the Gratuity
- National News Flash 1 of 2023 - Overcoming the Odds
- National News Flash 29 of 2022 - Strike and Salary Run Update
- National News Flash 28 of 2022 - NAPTOSA response to MTBPS 2022
- National News Flash 27 0f 2022 - Salary Negotiations Update
- National News Flash 23 of 2022 - Salary Mandate Results
- National News Flash 21 of 2022 - Member Mandate
- National News Flash 20 of 2022 - Stay Away
- National News Flash 19 of 2022 - Women's Day Message
- National News Flash 18 of 2022- Social compact – Leave the GEPF
- National News Flash 17 of 2022 - Wage negotiations survey results
- National News Flash 16 of 2022 - Proposed amendments to Regulations on Minimum Norms and Standards for Public School Infrastructure
- National News Flash 15 of 2022 - DBE Teacher Survey on the 2022 Recovery ATPs
- National News Flash 14 of 2022 - Wage Negotiations Update
- National News Flash 13 of 2022 - World Environment Day 5 June 2022
- National News Flash 12 of 2022 - Child Protection Week
- National News Flash 11 of 2022 - Labour consolidated wage demands 2022
- National News Flash 10 of 2022 - Workers Day Message 2022
- National News Flash 9 of 2022 - Salary negotiations survey results
- National News Flash 8 of 2022 - KZN floods Devastating impact on schooling
- National News Flash 7 of 2022 - Preparing for 2022 wage negotiations
- National News Flash 6 of 2022 - COVID Code of Practice for the Workplace
- National News Flash 5 of 2022 - Shocked
- National News Flash 4 of 2022 - NAPTOSA statement on 2022 Budget Speech
- National News Flash 3 of 2022 - NAPTOSA statement on SONA 2022
- National News Flash 2 of 2022 - Positive start to school year
- National News Flash 1 of 2022 - Message from the president
- National News Flash 58 of 2021 - FEDUSA statement on ratification of ILO Convention 190 by Government
- National News Flash 59 of 2021 - NAPTOSA impacts Fedusa Congress
- National News Flash 57 of 2021 - 16 days of activism for no violence against women and children
- National News Flash 56 of 2021 - CSTL Conference
- National News Flash 55 of 2021 - NAPTOSA response to MTBPS 2021
- National News Flash 54 of 2021 - Implementation of salary increase
- National News Flash 53 of 2021 - Municipal elections 2021
- National News Flash 52 of 2021 - Unclaimed pension benefits
- National News Flash 51 of 2021 - NAPTOSA message of support to Matrisc class of 2021
- National News Flash 50 of 2021 - Vaccination of 12 17 year olds
- National News Flash 49 of 2021 - President address to National Council 2021
- National News Flash 48 of 2021 - International Day of the Girl Child
- National News Flash 46 of 2021 - NAPTOSA Heritage Day Message
- National News Flash 47 of 2021 - World Teachers Day 2021
- National News Flash 45 of 2021 - School dropout rate NAPTOSAs view confirmed
- National News Flash 44 of 2021 - New Commercial Benefit KIA
- National News Flash 43 of 2021 - Unemployment education must remains the answer
- National News Flash 40 of 2021 - Implementation of Wage Agreement 2021 22
- National News Flash 41 of 2021 - NAPTOSA Womens Day Message 2021
- National News Flash 42 of 2021 - Sexual misconduct in education no let up
- National News Flash 39 of 2021 - NAPTOSA on announcement of possible limited withdrawal from pension funds
- National News Flash 38 of 2021 - Term Three continuing under COVID 19 conditions
- National News Flash 37 of 2021 - Wage agreement for 2021 22 a reality
- National News Flash 36 of 2021 - NAPTOSA comment on DBE circular 4 of 2021
- National News Flash 35 of 2021 - NAPTOSA signs wage agreement for 2021 22
- National News Flash 34 of 2021 - No more
- National News Flash 33 of 2021 - Stop the violence and looting
- National News Flash 31 of 2021 - Final Salary Survey
- National News Flash 32 of 2021 - Wage negotiations concluded
- National News Flash 29 of 2021 - Education vaccination is here
- National News Flash 30 of 2021 - Wage negotiations Employer tables revised offer
- National News Flash 28 of 2021 - Education vaccination roll out
- National News Flash 27 of 2021 - Youth Day Message 2021
- National News Flash 26 of 2021 - Update on facilitation regarding salary negotiations
- National News Flash 25 of 2021 - Vaccination
- National News Flash 23 of 2021 - Minister of Basic Education Budget Vote Speech 2021
- National News Flash 24 of 2021 - Child Protection Week 2021
- National News Flash 22 of 2021 - Salary negotiations revised offer
- National News Flash 21 of 2021 - World Education Support Personnel Day 2021
- National News Flash 20 of 2021 - Update on salary negotiations
- National News Flash 19 of 2021 - Consultation DBE and Trade Unions
- National News Flash 17 of 2021 - Wage Negotiations Collapse
- National News Flash 18 of 2021 - Workers' Day Message
- National News Flash 16 of 2021 - Salary Negotiations
- National News Flash 15 of 2021 - Re employment after discharge for misconduct
- National News Flash 14 of 2021 - Education Human Rights Day during COVID19
- National News Flash 12 of 2021 - Wage Demands
- National News Flash 11 of 2021 - UN International Women's Day
- National News Flash 10 of 2021 - NAPTOSA Statement on Budget Vote Speech 2021
- National News Flash 9 of 2021 - NAPTOSA Statement on state of the National Address 2021
- National News Flash 8 of 2021 - Another amended school calendar
- National News Flash 7 of 2021 - Union survey on readiness of schools to re-open
- National News Flash 6 of 2021 - Consolidated DBE Directions, "Forgotten Facts"
- National News Flash 5 of 2021 - International Day of Education
- National News Flash 4 of 2021 - Important conditions of service issues
- National News Flash 3 of 2021 - Issues related to re opening of schools 2021
- National News Flash 2 of 2021 - DBE announcement on re opening of schools 2021
- National News Flash 1 of 2021 - Re opening of schools 2021
- Message from the President
- Revised Standard Operating Procedure for the Management and Containment
- National News Flash 60 of 2020 - NSC Rewrites Overreaction
- National News Flash 59 of 2020 - Salary dispute Court date is here
- National News Flash 58 of 2020 - NAPTOSA video series
- National News Flash 57 of 2020 - NAPTOSA deplores leaking of NSC exam paper
- National News Flash 56 of 2020 - NSC and COVID 19 positive learners
- National News Flash 55 of 2020 - NAPTOSA message of support for NSC exams and Matrics of 2020
- National News Flash 54 of 2020 - NAPTOSA response to TALIS Report
- National News Flash 53 of 2020 - NAPTOSA response to Medium Term Budget Speech
- National News Flash 52 of 2020 - New evidence supports reading for meaning improving
- National News Flash 51 of 2020 - DBE report on BELA Bill and ECD
- National News Flash 50 of 2020 - National Council Meeting President Address
- National News Flash 49 of 2020 - Date set for hearing of salary dispute and work creation in education
- National News Flash 48 of 2020 - Celebrating one of our own
- National News Flash 47 of 2020 - Battle line drawn
- National News Flash 46 of 2020 - NAPTOSA World Teachers Day message
- National News Flash 45 of 2020 - Teacher and learner online support
- National News Flash 44 of 2020 - Heritage Day message 2020
- National News Flash 43 of 2020 - Education COVID 19 Fallout
- National News Flash 42 of 2020 - Saving on Long Service Awards
- National News Flash 41 of 2020 - Special needs special understanding and focus needed
- National News Flash 40 of 2020 - Hands off our pension fund
- National News Flash 39 of 2020 - Better but still not there yet
- National News Flash 38 of 2020 - Crime statistics education is not immune
- National News Flash 37 of 2020 - Closure of schools partial meeting of minds
- National News Flash 36 of 2020 - NAPTOSA Webinar on SRGBV
- National News Flash 35 of 2020 - Closure of schools meeting with Minister 17 July 2020
- National News Flash 34 of 2020 - NSC consideration of continued opening of schools
- National News Flash 33 of 2020 - Letter to members NAPTOSA President
- National News Flash 33 of 2020 - Letter to members NAPTOSA President
- National News Flash 32 of 2020 - Court action on PSCBC Resolution 1 of 2018 Government delaying tactics
- National News Flash 31 of 2020 - Reopening of schools the next phase
- National News Flash 30 of 2020 - Reckless call for stayaway
- National News Flash 29 of 2020 - COVID 19 SOP Easy Reference
- National News Flash 28 of 2020 - COVID 19 The PAM still applies
- National News Flash 27 of 2020 - NAPTOSA in court action on PSCBC Resolution 1 of 2018
- National News Flash 26 of 2020 - It is your responsibility Minister
- National News Flash 25 of 2020 - ELRC Collective Agreement 1 of 2020 Age and Comorbidities
- National News Flash 24 of 2020 - Time to return
- National News Flash 23 of 2020 - SGB and Independent school members know your rights
- National News Flash 22 of 2020 - School readiness yo yo
- National News Flash 18 of 2020 - COVID 19 and comorbidities
- National News Flash 17 of 2020 - DBE silence on readiness of SMTs to return to school
- National News Flash 16 of 2020 - Return to work concerns
- National News Flash 15 of 2020 - Re-Opening of Schools
- National News Flash 14 of 2020 - Commerating Freedom Day Indoors
- National News Flash 13 of 2020 - GEPF “Clean Break” Election
- Implementation of the abridged version of the amended Section Four of the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement for Grades R-12 (Government Gazette, 8 November 2019)
- NAPTOSA Circular 61 of 2019 - CAPS Section 4 Amendments
- National News Flash 39 of 2019 - Writing Workshop Training Material for NAPTOSA Teachers
- National News Flash 34 of 2019 - Adjustment of the Housing Allowance 1 July 2019
- National News Flash 33 of 2019 - Joint success for NAPTOSA at EI Congress
- National News Flash 01 2019 - Welcome Back!