The National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa (NAPTOSA) is a professional organisation of teachers in South Africa. It is headquartered in Pretoria, South Africa.
National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa | |
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| Founded | 1 November 1991 |
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| Headquarters | Pretoria, South Africa |
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Members | 45,000 [1] |
Key people | Nkosiphendule Ntantala, president Basil Manuel, general secretary |
| Website | www.naptosa.org.za |
History edit
The union was founded in 1991 as a federation. By 1997, it included the following unions:[2]
- African Teachers' Association of South Africa
- National Union of Educators
- Professional Educators' Union
- Transvaal Association of Teachers
- Transvaal Teachers' Association
On 1 November 2006, NAPTOSA was reconstituted as a single, unitary, trade union. The Professional Educators' Union opted to remain independent, but NAPTOSA works with it, the Natal Association of Teachers' Unions and the Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwysers Unie in the Combined Trade Unions, for the purpose of recognition by the Education Labour Relations Chamber.
References edit
- ^ Education Labour Relations Council, 31 August 2011, Vote Weights for the Trade Unions that are Parties to Council
- ^ Zengele, Vincent Thulani (2009). THE INVOLVEMENT OF TEACHER UNIONS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EMPLOYMENT OF EDUCATORS’ ACT 76 OF 1998 (PDF). Pretoria: University of South Africa. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
