ENCA2.png SADTU calls for drastic action in Vuwani eNCA, Vuwani, 6 May 2016 The country's biggest teacher union has called for drastic action after schools were burned in Vuwani. The South African Democratic Teachers' Union (SADTU) said pupils in Vuwani cannot be denied the right to education. "What we are saying is whatever the case may be, let teaching and learning continue. We will continue calling on the government in particular. Vhuwani School, May 2016.jpg "And we made it clear in our statement that we released that we are actually calling on the government to declare Vuwani a national disaster area, because we are saying whatever happens, no matter how long it takes," said SADTU's Xolani Fakude... "We saw what happened in the Northern Cape. 54 schools were closed (for) about three months. And what we're saying (is) we cannot risk with the future of our children. "(Vuwani) must be declared a national disaster zone, which means resources must be allowed to move into the area, the learners there must continue to learn." Vhuwani Cartoon.jpg Authorities have dismissed reports that tribalism is also a contributing factor to the violent protests. "The province of Limpopo is one of the provinces that since 1994 we were able to amalgamate three governments from Lebowa, Gazankulu and Venda," said Limpopo Cooperative Governance MEC Grace Makhurupetje. "We've been a peaceful province since 1994 and the issue of tribalism cannot arise now in the area." From: <http://www.enca.com/south-africa/sadtu-calls-for-drastic-action-in-vuwani> http://www.enca.com/south-africa/sadtu-calls-for-drastic-action-in-vuwani -- -- 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.
