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SADTU Media Statement, 19 February 2015 Response to article by suspended member Aaron Mhlontlo The article on the South African Democratic Teachers' Union (SADTU) which appeared in the Daily Dispatch on Wednesday 18 February 2015 attributed to one Aaron Mhlontlo is false. Firstly, we would like to set the record straight that Mhlontlo does not speak for SADTU in the Eastern Cape. He was suspended from the Union during the meeting of the National Executive Committee in May 2014. He has no authority or even a legal standing to represent SADTU. The 8th national congress held in October, 2015 mandated the National Executive Committee (NEC) to expedite the investigation on the Eastern Cape Provincial Congress and implement remedial action based on the investigation. The report of the investigation was presented at a Special NEC held on the 9th of February, 2015. The SNEC was convened to discuss two main points - to receive the report of the task team that was established to look into the Eastern Cape Provincial Conference and a congress resolution on members and structures taking the union to court. The SNEC took a decision to nullify the 2014 Eastern Cape Provincial Conference with immediate effect. This means there is no Provincial Working Committee (PWC) leadership. A task team has since been established. The decision to nullify the Conference was informed by a number of factors including the credentials of the very Provincial Conference. The credentials were determined by a meeting of the PEC that was not properly constituted in that it was attended by the very same Mhlontlo who had been suspended in May 2014. The PEC was held in June 2014. A task team comprising two members from each of the six regions was established to look into the affairs of the Province working together with the NEC. Mhlontlo is not part of the task team as he remains suspended from the organization. No one can claim to speak on behalf of SADTU Eastern Cape except members of the Task Team if so mandated. No structure should take instructions from elements who have either been disbanded or suspended from the organization. No structure met to sanction the purported programme to disrupt education in the province. The only structure that is authorized to engage with the MEC and SG for Education in the Eastern Cape is the Provincial Task Team. Mhlontlo is in contempt of court because he was disqualified from contesting the elections after he lost the court case. Issued by: SADTU Secretariat, on behalf of the Eastern Cape Task Team Contact: Mugwena Maluleke, General Secretary, 082 783 2968 Nkosana Dolopi, Deputy General Secretary, 082 709 5651 Nomusa Cembi, Media Officer, 082 719 5157 -- -- 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.
