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Daily News reports that by Monday afternoon, Grade R teachers across KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) were still awaiting their April salaries, despite a promise from the crisis-plagued provincial education department to have paid them by last Friday.
With frustrations boiling over, many teachers threatened to down chalk, a move that could disrupt learning for thousands of young pupils. Despite holding teaching qualifications, Grade R educators claimed they were overworked and overlooked for permanent positions. Grade R teachers in KZN are employed on renewable yearly contracts, which are usually renewed in February. However, these renewals have been plagued by administrative glitches, delays that some teachers believe were "deliberate and man-made". “This happens every year. It’s as if the department is trying to frustrate us despite the hard work we put in daily to ensure that the kids are well catered for,” said one teacher. Nomarashiya Caluza, the KZN provincial secretary of the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu), indicated: “This is incompetent and uncalled for on the side of the department. Every year, we have to deal with this issue. I don’t know why the department is not fixing this issue. This matter is painful and totally uncalled for.” Caluza said they were piling up pressure for the department to pay the teachers by Thursday.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Lungani Zungu at Daily News
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