Sadtu explains refusal to appear before Parliament
Teachers' union Sadtu is refusing to appear before Parliament to answer questions on findings around the recently released 'jobs for cash' report.
The comment comes after the Basic Education Portfolio Committee received a request to have the union appear in the House.
The report found that although Sadtu was not involved in selling posts, 38 education officials who are members of the union had individually been found to have acted fraudulently.
Sadtu's Nomusa Cembi says those implicated had not acted on the instruction of the union.
''As Sadtu, we never took a decision for anyone to sell posts. The department is not telling the world enough that there is nowhere in the report where they have found evidence that Sadtu sold posts,'' she said.
Meanwhile, the DA has called on the teachers implicated in the report to be suspended.
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MP Gavin Davis says there have been several recommendations to Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga, including criminal prosecution.
''What we are calling for is for those teachers and officials implicated in the jobs for cash scandal to be suspended, pending the outcome of a criminal investigation.
''We need all teachers and officials to be focused on one thing and that is the education of our children. If they are worried about descending themselves in criminal charges they won't be able to focus on their core mandate which is teaching our children,'' he said.