NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 174
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 10/05/2013
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 12/2013)
Mr D Joseph (DA-WC) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
(1) How many educators in each province (a) did not report for work
on 24 April 2013 without a valid leave approval and (b) have
registered as being present at school but later left to join the
protest action;
(2) in each case in each province, how many educators were not paid
in terms of the âno work no payâ directive she issued? CW264E
REPLY:
1) The table below indicates the number of educators per province who (a)
did not report for work on 24 April 2013 without a valid leave
approval and (b) have registered as being present at school but later
left to join the protest action. It should be noted that only one
province (KZN) has not reported.
|Province |Number of |Educators who |Educators being |Total |
| |educators |did not report |present at school | |
| | |for work |but later left to | |
| | | |join the protest | |
|Western Cape |28 233 |2 446 |The Province |2 446 |
| | | |indicated that they | |
| | | |did not receive | |
| | | |information in this | |
| | | |regard. | |
|Limpopo |53 609 |4 164 |435 |4 599 |
|Gauteng |68 092 |7 054 |The Province |7 054 |
| | | |indicated that they | |
| | | |did not receive | |
| | | |information in this | |
| | | |regard. | |
|Free State |24 922 |144 |No report in this |144 |
| | | |regard | |
|Mpumalanga |32 940 |325 |372 |697 |
|Northern Cape|7 261 |0 |0 |0 |
|KwaZulu-Natal|94 905 |No response has |No response has been|0 |
| | |been received |received from the | |
| | |from the |Province. | |
| | |Province | | |
|North West |24 329 |3 157 |No report in this |3 157 |
| | | |regard | |
|Eastern Cape |59 044 |0 |0 |0 |
|Total |393 335 |19 736 |807 |20 543 |
2) The information could not be verified by Provinces since they have not
started implementing âno work no payâ. Western Cape indicated that it
will start implementing in June 2013, whilst Limpopo indicated as work
in progress.