* [image: SADTU] SADTU Media Statement, 9 September 2011* * * * * *SADTU offers condolences to the families of the teachers and learners who lost their lives in a taxi accident in Zeerust* ** ** ** ** The South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) would like to offer its deepest and sincerest condolences to the families of the eleven teachers and learners who died in a taxi accident in Zeerust, North West, this morning. We also offer our condolences to Naptosa – the union the teachers belonged to. **** ** ** The teachers lost their lives when their taxi collided with a bakkie head-on and then caught fire. **** Such death is not only a tragedy to the families of the deceased but to the nation and our education system as a whole. We have lost the most valuable and yet undervalued people in our society – people who are entrusted with the most important task of imparting knowledge to shape the minds of our children and prepare them for a better future.**** ** ** To quote Ever Garrison, “A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge and wisdom in the pupils.”**** ** ** We appeal to authorities to investigate the cause of the accident and bring the perpetrators to book.**** ** ** *Issued by SADTU Secretariat* * * *Contact:* *General Secretary Mugwena Maluleke, 082 783 2968* *Deputy General Secretary, Nkosana Dolopi, 082 709 5651* *Media Officer, Nomusa Cembi, 082 719 5157 * *
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