The Minister of Finance on 28 July 2021 announced details on the measures to support the recovery of the economy and provide relief to the poor in the wake of the spate of violent unrests and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, alluded to by the President on 25 July 2021. NAPTOSA welcomes the relief… Read More

The President on 27 July 2021 announced that schools would close a week earlier for the second term and because conditions had not improved the re-opening of schools for the third term was further extended from 19 to 26 July 2021. Fortunately, conditions have improved to allow the third term to… Read More

In National News Flash 35 of 2021 members were informed that NAPTOSA had signed the wage agreement that had been negotiated in Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC). Members were also made aware of the fact that the agreement would only become implementable once the signatures of… Read More

Having failed to negotiate a collective agreement in the ELRC on operational requirements for school-based educators, therapists, counsellors and psychologists, post the education vaccination programme, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) late on Friday, 23 July 2021, issued a circular based on… Read More

The executive director of the National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa, Basil Manuel has raised concerns over the number of learners dropping out of school and the impact of vandalism at our schools. He has appealed to communities to play their part. Read More

MYTH 1: “Employers are forcing employees to vaccinate against their will and without their informed consent “ FACT: Employees can refuse vaccination on Constitutional or medical grounds. Constitutional grounds are the right to bodily integrity and the right to freedom of religion, belief and… Read More