The South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) on Sunday welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call on public servants to serve the nation. Ramaphosa made this call during his maiden state of the nation address (Sona) on Friday. Sadtu, however, says austerity measures were making it impossible for many of them to do their jobs properly. The union is SA’s biggest and most powerful teacher’s union, with a membership about 250,000 teachers. “The president should visit schools with overcrowded classes of up to 100 learners in the townships and rural areas. The president should visit hospitals and clinics with no medicine and police stations that are understaffed and with no resources to do their work,” the union said in an e-mailed statement. Sadtu’s concern about austerity measures comes just a few days before the budget presentation scheduled for Wednesday February 21. Among the many challenges confronting the National Treasury is the government’s soaring wage bill, which has forc...
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