MEC and DA intervene in teachers' strike
2013-03-13 19:35
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Johannesburg - The Eastern Cape education MEC and the DA
have intervened in an illegal strike by teachers in Bedford, the party said on
Wednesday.
"The DA is deeply concerned about the illegal staff
strike at the Templeton High School in Bedford," provincial legislature
member Dacre Haddon said in a statement.
Haddon said he had spoken to Education MEC Mandla
Makupula about intervening in the matter.
"The MEC has been most accommodating and, armed with
the contract details for the school, will be taking intervention with the
principal to resolve this impasse."
While the DA sympathised with teachers, the party could
not condone the strike while children were sitting at home and not in the
classroom.
Haddon said the teachers had not been paid in four
months.
Nine temporary teachers were also waiting to be paid.
- SAPA
