NATIONAL NEWS - Temporary teachers who assumed their duties at the start of June have seemingly gone unpaid due to the department of education’s ‘heavy workload’.
The affected number of ad-hoc teachers who received their appointment letters is not known, as the department does not want to elaborate upon the issue. A few local calls, however, revealed ad-hoc teachers teaching at least four schools in Limpopo were affected, reports the Bosveld Review.
Teachers were struggling to scrape money together for transport, accommodation and food, as well as paying their bills, vehicles and medical aid scheme fees. Fortunately, some schools were in the position to assist the ad-hoc teachers with basic necessities to survive, for which the teachers were grateful.
