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SADTU should know its place - DA SAPA, News24, Cape Town, 15 July 2014 The DA on Tuesday called on government to put the country's largest teachers' union in its place. "Use the courts, do whatever it takes, but make SADTU [the SA Democratic Teachers Union] understand it does not run education in this country," DA MP Annette Lovemore said, speaking during debate in Parliament on the education department's R19.68bn budget. She called on Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to "reclaim your management prerogative from SADTU". The union, a COSATU affiliate, has a membership of about 240 000 teachers. Lovemore said its members should no longer be allowed to get away with ill-disciplined behaviour in the country's schools. "No longer should SADTU interfere with appointments; no longer should SADTU members refuse to sign performance agreements or undergo competency tests; no longer should SADTU members escape accountability." She said Motshekga had to rise to the challenge. "Education in the public sector is the prerogative of the government, not of SADTU," Lovemore said. - SAPA From: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/SADTU-should-know-its-place-DA-20 140715 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
