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VICKY ABRAHAM |
MOST of the temporary teachers in the Gauteng province who were not paid their remuneration have been paid. This is according to the Gauteng Department of Education and the trade union for teachers’, Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwysers Unie (SAOU).
Responding to Inside Education’s media enquiry, the Gauteng Department of Education’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona said, “The major delay in payments has been largely because of the deactivation of the PERSAL system (payment system) that has been interrupted by the tax recalculation period from 16 February 2022 (based on tax year closure). As a result, all payments that were scheduled for the 21st, 25th and 28th February 2022 were affected”.
Speaking to Inside Education, the Acting Provincial Secretary of SAOU in Gauteng Liesl Rehbock said, “Most of the educators have been paid. But we are still following up with our members. I do not know about other unions. I can only speak on behalf of our members. I can’t say why they were not paid”.
In its attempt to assist the unpaid temporary educators, SAOU in Gauteng which is also known as the South African Teachers’ Union had distributed a message to schools to provide it with relevant details of the affected individuals.
“The SAOU (Gauteng) is aware that all temporary educators have not yet received remuneration. Could you please provide us with a list of names of temporary staff in your school who have not yet received payment to enable us to refer a dispute.
To assist temporary educators please forward the relevant information to the SAOU before or on Wednesday, 23 February 2022,” said SAOU in a circulated message to different schools in Gauteng.
Mabona, said the Department was aware of the non-payment of some of the temporary teachers in Gauteng. Mabona said the payments reflected in their bank accounts from March 7, 2022.
– Inside Education