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SADTU empowers educators Thumele Mmako, Letters, The Citizen, 21 May 2015 The two-paragraphed letter, published in your Letters Page on Tuesday, 19 May 2015 by Colson titled "SADTU has brought teaching to new low" is baseless. He criticises SADTU for being in politics without giving any facts whatsoever. SADTU was created by the political system of this country. The union was formed in 1990, in part as a response to the systematic challenges in the professionalization, unionisation and development of teachers as well the transformation of education system that was brought forth by the apartheid government. Its role is clear; it is there to fight for better remuneration and working conditions for educational workers: representing and promoting the professional aspirations of educators. The union conducts teacher training and principal seminars throughout the country to empower educators. These programmes are among many other aimed at empowering educators. Colson should do himself a favour by familiarising himself with the history of South Africa and SADTU's programmes so that he can make rational comments. The union continues to lead education transformation initiatives through constant development of its members. The education of an African child will at all times be in the union's heart .SADTU will continue to be a union of revolutionary professionals, agents of change and champions of peoples' education for peoples' power education in pursuit of socialism. If Colson cannot stand the union, that is highly unfortunate because SADTU has 256 000 members making it the biggest teacher union in South Africa. -- -- 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.
