Destiny.jpg SADTU: KZN is not a jobs-for-cash hotspot Reporter, Destiny, Johannesburg, 31 March 2016 Reports that KwaZulu-Natal was the province most affected by the jobs-for-cash scandal were untrue, South African Democratic Teacher's Union's (SADTU) provincial secretary, Nomarashiya Caluza, confirmed on Wednesday Caluza, who was addressing the media in Durban, also hit out at the DA, saying the party viewed SADTU as a "stumbling block in realising its dream of regime change". "It has been peddled that KwaZulu-Natal [KZN] is the worst province in the jobs-for-cash scandal, but going through the leaked interim report, KZN is not like what is reported in the media." "KZN had fewer than eight cases that were investigated. Of the eight, there are only two cases where the Ministerial Task Team (MTT) recommended further investigation by the authorities," said Caluza. In 2014, City Press reported that the union, along with circuit and district officials and school governing body members, were selling posts for R10 000-R50 000. SADTU criticises report Over the weekend, SADTU criticised the leaked MTT interim report saying it lacked credibility and did not present an accurate reflection of what was happening on the ground. The union said it was concerned that a copy of the interim report had been leaked to the media before the parties concerned could respond to the allegations. According to a statement released by the union at the weekend, out of the 81 cases investigated by the MTT, only 38 were found to be worthy of further investigation. Of the 81 cases investigated, SADTU was associated or mentioned in 22 cases. Of these 22 cases, no further action was recommended in 12 cases and further action was recommended in respect of seven. In terms of the further three cases, the union noted that there were discrepancies in these numbers and had asked the department for clarity. Racist DA Meanwhile DA shadow minister of basic education, Gavin Davis, said SADTU was attempting to intimidate Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. Davis said in a statement: "The Jobs For Cash report will show how SADTU-aligned officials are taking bribes in return for allocating teaching posts. "It will also show how six out of nine provincial education departments have been captured by SADTU." Caluza responded, saying the DA should not get ahead of itself. "The DA is the same racist formation that throughout its life has survived on the oppression of the black person in SA," she said. The union said it supported a national decision to take the department to court to defend itself. From: <https://www.destinyconnect.com/2016/03/31/kzn-not-the-most-affected-by-jobs -for-cash-scandal-says-sadtu/> https://www.destinyconnect.com/2016/03/31/kzn-not-the-most-affected-by-jobs- for-cash-scandal-says-sadtu/ -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
