Sadtu is not linked to jobs-for-cash scandal, says Angie Motshekga
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has shifted the blame for the teaching-jobs-for-cash scandal to district officials in provincial education departments. Members of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) had not been linked to it, in evidence at her disposal, Motshekga said. But DA education spokesperson Gavin Davis said Motshekga was disingenuous and lacked the courage to tackle the powerful union‚ which was blamed for the scandal in an inquiry commissioned by Motshekga’s own department. Addressing the parliamentary media corps before her budget vote in Parliament on Wednesday‚ Motshekga said safety at schools was of massive concern to her. "Pupils and teachers are attacked in school‚ while equipment is vandalised and stolen from schools‚" she complained. Following criticism of the way in which the annual national assessment (ANA) system worked‚ it has been decided that schools will shift to the more integrated National Integrated Assessment Network‚ which will ...
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