DA urges Education Minister to stand firm against SADTU attack on her probe

By Amanda Khoza, News24

Durban – The DA on Saturday rubbished a South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) statement criticising a report on the job-for-cash investigation and urged Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga not to be intimidated by the union.

DA Shadow Minister of Basic Education Gavin Davis said Sadtu was playing a political games because the union knew that the report would expose the “damage Sadtu is doing to the education system”.

DA_Logo_Feb_2016Davis was responding a Sadtu statement which raised questions about the credibility of the jobs-for-cash scandal investigation.

In a statement released on Saturday the union said a leaked interim report raised concerns and did not reflect accurately what was happening on the ground. The union said it was concerned that the report was leaked to the media before the affected parties were given a copy.

Sadtu said, “The Ministerial Task Team [MTT] has made bold accusations that union members use the patronage system to secure elevation to senior posts in government and Parliament, thus casting aspersions on former leaders of Sadtu and other unions some of whom serve as cabinet ministers.

“The MTT was requested to provide supporting evidence of this and or withdraw these unfounded allegations. The MTT has refused to do so. Of the 81 cases investigated by the MTT only 38 were found to be worthy of further investigation.”

Davis said, “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.

“We call on Minister Motshekga to stand firm in the face of Sadtu intimidation, and to release the ‘Jobs-for-Cash’ report within the timeframe she committed to on Thursday.” – News24

Source: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/education-minister-must-not-be-intimidated-by-sadtu-da-20160326

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