Johnathan Paoli
THE South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has proposed legislation to force government officials to enrol their children in public schools.
Saftu General Secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, said cabinet ministers, premiers, MECs, district directors and principals of the schools should taste their own medicine.
“In the Loyiso Secondary school in the Eastern Cape, there are 618 learners, but there are only 10 classrooms and this means that on average there are 61 learners per classroom and of course, you know that this is not always evenly spread across the grade,” Vavi said.
Vavi’s comment comes in the light of a recent report by the Public Protector which exposed the problematic state of some schools, including overcrowding that has seen almost 170 learners crammed into one classroom.
According to Vavi, private medical aid schemes and cards of government management should be radically transformed and that the employees and their
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