SADTU and DA clash over Gwarube’s suspension of R1.6bn textbook tender - EWN
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The suspension of a textbook tender by Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has started a war of words between the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) and the Democratic Alliance (DA).
The suspension of a textbook tender by Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has started a war of words between the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) and the Democratic Alliance (DA).
SADTU said that Gwarube’s decision to halt the foundation phase textbook catalogue for grades 1-3 "reveals a clear pattern of political interference" that the union said is “designed to protect the commercial interests of legacy publishers”.
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