Basic education minister Angie Motshekga last week announced that office-based staff would resume duty on Monday this week to get the sector ready for the reopening of schools.
In a circular dated May 3 titled “postponement of reopening of offices”, the Gauteng education department’s superintendent-general Edward Mosuwe said all staff based at its head office in Johannesburg and in districts “with the exception of senior managers and essential-service workers” should not report for duty.
“The new normal requires us to meticulously respond to the current situation and the challenges posed by Covid-19. We need to adapt quickly and do things differently,” he said. “Organised labour will also be consulted during the course of this week before a circular is issued detailing all protocols and the resumption of work in a phased-in approach.’’
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