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The Gauteng education department has been granted an urgent interdict by the Johannesburg Labour Court to prevent the SA Democratic Teachers Union from disrupting schooling in Ekurhuleni.

"The interdict prevents the union's East Rand region from calling on or instigating its members to disrupt learning in any way, [and] suspend teaching or any of their other duties during learning hours," department spokesman Charles Phalane said in a statement.

The disruption was to take place today, and the department secured the interdict last night.

The court order further prevents Sadtu engaging in any union activity during learning hours without GDE permission and releasing pupils from school before the end of the school day without GDE permission.

The interdict also effectively prevents Sadtu members from leaving school early and marching to and disrupting work at department offices.

Phalane said the GDE took Sadtu to court to ensure that students in Ekurhuleni would not be negatively affected by the union's East Rand membership mobilising support for its secretary.

"He is facing dismissal following his conviction in a disciplinary hearing on charges of mismanagement and misappropriation of school funds at Kuzimisela Primary School in Daveyton." 

The matter is currently before the Gauteng education MEC on appeal.

Sadtu was not immediately available for comment.

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Wed Jun 19 14:54:23 SAST 2013 ::

Aug 15, 2012

Mellow

SADTU: This are the same stupid parents you find burning schools I mean honestly now when you're a grown @rse woman and man and dont see a problem with disrupting kids at school then what does that mean, what are they teaching their own kids am sure there's a way to push their agenda most schools are out by 13h00 anyways so they can march then
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Aug 15, 2012

Sinudeity_

Unbelievable. F*** this SADTU. DISRUPTING school to protect a corrupt scumb@g. YOU are responsible for this mess in education. You and all the useless 'teachers' that belong to the union.
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Aug 15, 2012

RobinH

Strike because a crook who was found guilty faces dismissal. WTF!!!
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Aug 15, 2012

cornelius

These teachers and their union are a friggin disgrace. They are not worthy of being called teachers.They are an embarrasment to the teachers who are in that noble proffession for the right reasons. You only have to look at the idiotic expression on their faces in this photograph and on TV footage where you see them toy toying and making dance moves like children to know that they are imbeciles.

How did it come to this ? Worthless scumbags who put the education and future of our children at risk for the cause of one of their officials.

Can somebody please take these scumbags to task ?
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Aug 15, 2012

somaartakeit

I am shocked just reading that the court had to intervene and prevent adults from disrupting education of our children, have we already crawled into the dark age already?
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Aug 15, 2012

cornelius

To answer my own question : how did it come to this?

It is because of political expediency. ANC leaders do not want to antagonise unions because they want their support. A principled leader would tell them off, in strong and clear language, in fronty of the whole nation, but not our dancing double cranium president and his fat bottomed gap toothed smiling minister of education. If they are serious about the future of our children and have the courage they should call a press conference immediately in which they must castigate this union, and warn them that their actions will lead to strike action for teachers being completely banned. Or call the SADTU leadership to public TV debate in which you destroy them. Just do something !
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Aug 15, 2012

maditaba

When I was still in school, we used to refer to all the lazy, ill disciplined teachers as Ma-Sadtu.

Since then Sadtu has gone from bad to worse more rowdy than a union for taxi drivers
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Aug 15, 2012

somaartakeit

@Maditaba and that should make us blacks especially very very restless cause its our children who will bare the brunt of this sadtu social misfits, sadtu is the enemy of black child empowerment, why do they need to be ordered by court to behave themselves responsibly? is the future of black children something for them to toyi toyi around with?
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Aug 15, 2012

GigiMavalani

Its only in South Africa where people strike in support of corruption, frauds, murder and rape
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Aug 15, 2012

Maratachelete

In South Africa,us as black people have developed a culture of entitlement.We just demand all the time,but when given given opportunities to prove our worth in the workplace,we don't and we expect handouts.Everything that is worth achieving doesn't come easy.
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