Sadtu demands implementation of ‘complete’ BELA Act
The South African Democratic Teachers Union has demanded the immediate implementation of the outstanding clauses in the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act.
President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the BELA Bill into law at the Union Buildings in Pretoria in September.
However, Ramaphosa announced that he would delay the implementation of two contentious clauses by three months.
The clauses relate to school admission and language policies.
Sadtu General Secretary Mugwena Maluleke, who was re-elected at the union’s national conference in Boksburg on Saturday, said the union rejects the suspension of the two clauses.
"The BELA Bill needs to be implemented in whole, as it is the fundamental right of our children and parents to ensure that our schools are integrated, democratised, and de-racialised,” he told the conference on Saturday.
"The congress has resolved that the president should lift that particular suspension so that the BELA Bill, as an act, now be implemented in order to address the issues of social cohesion, integration and transformation of our society.”
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