The National Teachers Union (Natu) is confident that the cabinet will agree to close schools when it meets soon.
Natu and four other teacher unions met deputy basic education minister Reginah Mhaule for the second consecutive night on Monday following the unions’ proposal that schools close until the end of next month, after Covid-19 infections have peaked.
Thompson said they were informed that a special cabinet meeting scheduled for last Sunday would take place on Tuesday.“I am very confident they will close schools. The closing of schools is not only going to save the lives of teachers and pupils, but it’s also going to save the face of government because we have schools with matric pupils which have not yet opened.”
“Closing schools is not only going to save lives but it is also going to give the department time to rearrange itself. What they are seeing on the ground is not what they expected.” However, Thompson conceded that government may not agree to their proposal to close schools until the end of next month “because they may be judged by the public as being run by the unions”.
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