Articles from South Africa
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 September 2014 Teachers’ unions join forces as Unite Campaign celebrates in South Africa
Sleeping late wasn’t an option Saturday morning as the streets of Pretoria sprang to life with hundreds of teachers, students, and unionists rising early to celebrate quality education under the sun.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 January 2014 Africa workshop: Privatisation and the Right to Education
EI research affiliates and GCE coalition representatives came together for a three-day Africa and MENA regional conference on “Privatisation and the Right to Education” in Johannesburg, South Africa on 16-18 January 2014.
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Union renewal and development 6 December 2013 South Africa: Nelson Mandela, the world’s teacher, passes away
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, affectionately known as Madiba, anti-apartheid activist and first democratically elected president of South Africa, died last night at the age of 95.
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Trade union rights are human rights 22 August 2013 South Africa: unions bring Department of Basic Education to court
EI’s national affiliates, the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU), the South Africa National Professional Teachers’ Organisation (NAPTOSA), and the Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwysersunie(SAOU), joined by the Professional Educators Union and the National Teachers’ Union, have taken the fight to reinstate a collective agreement to court. The agreement, signed between teacher unions...
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 July 2013 Mandela Day: small actions can change your world
On 18 July, EI marks International Nelson Mandela Day. The day honours Mandela’s life-long dedication to social justice, and urges people to take small actions to improve their communities and change the world. This year's Nelson Mandela International Day will focus on shelter, literacy and food security.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 July 2013 A 'game-change' in AfricaA 'game-change' in Africa
Mary Metcalfe
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Standards and working conditions 5 September 2012 South Africa: increasing workload for school principals
The President of the South African Education Union (SAOU), Dr. Jopie Breed, has expressed concern about the declining capacity of South African’s schools to successfully meet the country’s need for quality schooling.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 March 2012 South Africa: Stop students’ exodus from public schools!
South African education unions demand government measures to counter the trend of students leaving public schools to join private schools.
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Union renewal and development 10 August 2011 Equal Education celebrates tenth library opening
Equal Education has celebrated the opening of its tenth library, established through the Bookery Project, at Kayamandi High School in Kayamandi, South Africa.
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Union renewal and development 19 July 2011 Congress: Minister Xingwana to address Women’s Caucus
South Africa’s Minister for Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities, the honourable Lulama Xingwana will deliver the keynote address at EI’s Women’s Caucus on 21 July.
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Union renewal and development 5 July 2011 Global Labour University organises a Masters program in South Africa
The Global Labour University (GLU) is inviting trade unionists and labour activists to apply for a specialised Masters program on 'Labour and Globalization' at the University of the Witwatersrand, in South Africa.
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Union growth 30 June 2011 EI statement to mark the twentieth anniversary of abolition of apartheid in South Africa
As over 1600 teacher unionists are about to converge to Cape Town for the 6h World Congress of Education International, EI, on behalf of its 30 million teachers and education workers worldwide, expresses its admiration with all the South African colleagues for their struggle to abolish apartheid, overcome profound injustice...
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Union growth 30 June 2011 EI statement to mark the twentieth anniversary of abolition of apartheid in South Africa
As over 1600 teacher unionists are about to converge to Cape Town for the 6h World Congress of Education International, EI, on behalf of its 30 million teachers and education workers worldwide, expresses its admiration with all the South African colleagues for their struggle to abolish apartheid, overcome profound injustice...
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Union growth 29 June 2011 Celebrate International Nelson Mandela Day
Many of EI’s Sixth World Congress participants will arrive in Cape Town, South Africa, in time to mark International Nelson Mandela Day on 18 July. The day honours Mandela’s life-long dedication to social justice, and urges people to take small actions to improve their communities and change the world.
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Union renewal and development 28 June 2011 Obituary: Veteran teacher who fought for human rights
Professor Kader Asmal, who has died aged 76, was a founding member of an EI member organisation in Ireland, and part of the first democratically elected government of South Africa, having previously been a leader of the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 June 2011 South Africa: SADTU unites with civil society for quality education
The South African Democratic Teachers' Union (SADTU) is taking up the Council of Global Unions’ Quality Public Services – Action Now! campaign by joining the civil society organisation, Equal Education, to hold a People's Summit for Quality Education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 June 2011 EI launches ‘Bring a Book to Congress’ appeal
On UN Public Services Day, EI has launched an appeal for school libraries in South Africa, which are in a desperate state. Only seven per cent of public schools have functional libraries; 13 per cent have a library space without books or a librarian; and a massive 79 per cent...
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Trade union rights are human rights 17 March 2011 South Africa: Government must endorse UN policy on human rights
EI and its national affiliates, SADTU, NAPTO, and SAOU, are urging the Government of South African to sign up to the joint statement on ending violence and related human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
South Africa: Government must endorse UN policy on human rights