New Age2.png SADTU accuses DA of 'playing to the gallery' Dennis Cruywagen, The New Age, Johannesburg, 30 August 2016 The South African Democratic Teachers' Union (SADTU) general secretary Mugwena Maluleke yesterday accused the DA of "playing to the gallery" following an attempt by the party to haul the union before Parliament over the Jobs for Cash scandal. "We take this as a political gimmick. The report never said SADTU was selling posts," Maluleke said. The Jobs for Cash report released in May this year said there was evidence of at least 38 cases of buying and selling teaching posts involving SADTU members. The report also talked of the deployment of SADTU members into powerful administrative positions, despite not having the requisite skills. It also reported on SADTU's capture of six out of the nine provincial education departments. "The bribery and corruption in the Jobs for Cash report cannot be put down to a few isolated incidents. "As the report shows, it is the logical consequence of a dominant union that abuses its dominance to advance itself at the expense of our children," DA education spokesperson Gavin Davis said yesterday. He said that SADTU president Mogope Maphila must account to Parliament for his union's role in the Jobs for Cash bribery and corruption racket. "In particular, he must commit to taking action against all SADTU members implicated and put in place measures to prevent the buying and selling of teachers' posts in the future," Davis said. He said the Basic Education Portfolio Committee must ensure that justice is done in the SADTU Jobs for Cash corruption scandal. He condemned Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. "On May 27 she failed to appear before the Portfolio Committee to discuss the report's findings. "Furthermore, she is yet to set out her position on the recommendations contained in the report despite being given the opportunity to do so in Parliament last week," Davis said. "We hope this is not a signal that Minister Motshekga has gone soft on SADTU. It would be unfortunate for the minister to prioritise her party's historical ties with SADTU over the future of South Africa's children." Davis confirmed that he had asked the chair of the National Assembly Basic Education committee Nomalungelo Gina to summon SADTU to a meeting. [email protected] From: http://tnaepaper.co.za/DRIVE/main%20edition/30082016/epaperpdf/4.pdf __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 14039 (20160830) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- 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]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/001e01d20286%24dd1882d0%2497498870%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
