NEWS
NEWSLETTERS 2025
by SAOU
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3 November 2025
Wat het tydens Oktober 2025 by die SAOU gebeur ...
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EASTERN CAPE
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KWAZULU NATAL
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FREE STATE
- Newsletter 10/2025: Acting Provincial Secretary
- Newsletter 09/2025: What is QMS
- Newsletter 08/2025: Admin Seminar
- Newsletter 07/2025: OBE Vacancy list 1 of 2025
- Newsletter 06/2025: Communication with members
- Newsletter 05/2025: Payment of relief educators
- Newsletter 04/2025: Graduated Student and New entrants
- Newsletter 03/2025: Vacancy list 1 of 2025
- Newsletter 02/2025: Tax on bonus
- Newsletter 01/2025: Welcome 2025
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GAUTENG
- Newsletter 12/2025: Welcome back and Post provisioning
- Newsletter 11/2025: Enjoy the holiday and other information
- Newsletter 10/2025: Vacancy Circular 07 of 2025 Educator (Promotion) Pl 2 – 4, Chief/ Education Therapist and Learner Support Educator (LSE) Posts
- Newsletter 09/2025: Welcome back, trainings and other information
- Newsletter 08/2025: Enjoy the holiday, trainings and other information
- Newsletter 07/2025: Gauteng Department of Education and SACE
- Newsletter 06/2025: Vacancy circular 02 of 2025 PL 2 4
- Newsletter 05/2025: Welcome back, trainings and other information
- Newsletter 04/2025: Enjoy the holiday, trainings and other information
- Newsletter 03/2025: PEC By-Election Results, trainings and other information
- Newsletter 02/2025: NSC results, Management Empowerment, trainings and other matters
- Newsletter 01/2025: Welcome back, Management Empowerment, trainings and other matters
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LIMPOPO
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MPUMALANGA
- Newslette10/2025: Enjoy the holidays
- Newsletter 09/2025: Preliminary Post Provisioning 2026
- Newsletter 08/2025: Welcome back; PEC Election; Training; Membership
- Newsletter 07/2025: Enjoy the Holidays; PEC Election; Training; Membership
- Newsletter 06/2025: 2026 Admission of Learners in Public Schools
- Newsletter 05/2025: Welcome Back, Post Level 1 Empowerment, WhatsApp Channel and more
- Newsletter 04/2025: Open Vacancy List March 2025
- Newsletter 03/2025: Enjoy the holidays Training and Membership
- Newsletter 02/2025: Results of PEC By-Election and Training Events
- Newsletter 01/2025: Welcome Back, PEC By-Election, Trainings and more
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NORTHERN CAPE
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NORTH WEST
- Newsletter 09/2025: Term 3
- Newsletter 08/2025: Errata to Circular 15 of 2025
- Newsletter 07/2025: Vacancy Circular 02 of 2025 Educator (Promotion) PL 2 – PL4 Departmental Head, Deputy Head and Principal Posts
- Newsletter 06/2025: Vacancy Circular 01 of 2025 Educator - (Promotion) PL 2 – PL 3 Departmental- and Deputy Head Posts
- Newsletter 05/2025: Term 2
- Newsletter 04/2025: Grade R Qualifications
- Newsletter 03/2025: Vacation Training
- Newsletter 02/2025: Matric Results
- Newsletter 01/2025: Welcome
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WESTERN CAPE
- Newsletter 14/2025: Early retirement without penalisation
- Newsletter 13/2025: Reminder Admin Day
- Newsletter 12/2025: Follow-up 1.5% Salary progression
- Newsletter 11/2025: 1.5% Salary progression
- Newsletter 10/2025: Admin Day
- Newsletter 09/2025: Appointments In Vacant Post Level 1 Posts
- Newsletter 08/2025: Hot Topic Breakfast
- Newsletter 07/2025: Deceased prinicipals and deputy principals
- Newsletter 06/2025: Virtual training for observers of shortlisting and interviews
- Newsletter 05/2025: How to apply via e-recruitment
- Newsletter 04/2025: Updating information and member recruitment
- Newsletter 03/2025: Workshop for new educators
- Newsletter 02/2025: PEC By-election 2025
- Newsletter 01/2025: Workshop for new educators
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
- Newsletter 07/2025: Welcome back; Training; SAOU Online; NSC Examination; Circulars
- Newsletter 06/2025: Policy; Common papers; Management Plans; Implementation African Languages
- Newsletter 05/2025: Welcome; Training; Therapists; Three-Stream Model; Circulars; SAOU Online
- Newsletter 04/2025: Grade R now compulsory
- Newsletter 03/2025: Curriculum and Assessment
- Newsletter 02/2025: Welcome back; Training; Afrikaans 100
- Newsletter 01/2025: Welcome back; Training
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LEGAL SERVICES
- Newsletter 01/2025:
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Focus Group: TVET
MEDIA STATEMENTS
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2025 Media Statement
- Class of 2025 - The time has come
- Teachers deserve a year instead of a day
- Victory in the Labour Court
- How to prepare a village to raise a child
- National Education and Training Council – A step in the right direction
- Safety in Schools a failing system
- Regulations on BELA
- Budget Vote Speech
- Vacant Posts
- Aardskuddende aftakeling van onderwys en skool
- Landslide deterioration of education and schooling
- Gross negligence towards Limpopo athletes
- Devastation if 12 000 Public Service Posts are Vacated
- Free State Education Department Paid GEMS Member Contributions
- FSED non-payment of GEMS membership fees (20250326)
- GEMS Free State (20250315)
- Reponse on the budget 2025 - 2026 (20250313)
- Response Attempts to balance budget through GEPF (20250304)
- SAOU response to the release of the Grade 12 results 2024 (20250113)
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2024 Media Statement
- Teenage Pregnancy – The Silent Burden 20241128
- SAOU response to amendment of BELA 20241127
- 16 Days of Activism 20241126
- Compulsory Subjects in the SA Curriculum 20241121
- Pit toilets 20241111
- BELAA peaceful march on 20241105
- The NSC exam - It is important
- PHSG Latest state of affairs
- Triumph as salaries SAOU recovers salaries
- Financial crises in education - SAOU reacts on MBE speech
- Services and support to learners with special education needs
- The SAOU welcomes the President’s decision to defer implementation of Sections 4 and 5 of the BELA
- The BELA is to be signed, where to now?
- Address Minister Siviwe Gwarube 28th SAOU Principals Symposium 2024
- Principals Symposium 1-4 September 2024
- Curriculum based on learners' mother tongue is key
- MBE Siviwe Gwarube's Opening Address at AEAA Conference
- Women's Month
- MBE budget speech, call to action
- Meet & Greet session with the new Minister of Basic Education
- A high-level delegation of the SAOU prepares to attend the Tenth World Congress of Education International (EI) in Buenos Aires from 29 July to 2 August 2024
- Minister Siviwe Gwarube’s Education budget speech: Cause for positive speculation
- Curriculum Review
- To new partnerships
- Unilateral promulgation of minimum uniform norms and standards for Public School infrastructure
- Nasional Senior Certificate Examination
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2023 Media Statement
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2022 Media Statement
- SAOU Media statement - FEDSAS and SAOU 30 August 2022
- SAOU Media statement - Salary negotiations 2 August 2022
- SAOU Media statement - 100% Retun of learners 1 February 2022
- SAOU Media statement - 2022 Salary adjustments Constitutional Court judgement lamented
- SAOU Media statement - Satisfactory NSC results of Class of 2021 - 21 January 2022
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2021 Media Statements
- Media statement 7 December 2021 Should vaccinations be mandatory
- Parliamentary NHI Public Hearings on the proposed NHI - SUBMISSION BY THE SAOU 31 August 2021
- Media Statement 20 April 2021 - Result of surveys (curriculum coverage and covid-19 vaccinations)
- Media Statement 20 January 2021 - Reopening of schools - Many uncertainties still exist
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2020 Media Statements
- Media Statement 11 December 2020 - Rewrite of Matric Papers SAOU: Friend of the Court the Court Indeed Decided Correctly
- Media Statement 24 July 2020 - Announcement by President re closure of schools on 23 July 2020
- Media Statement 19 July 2020 - Closure of Schools, is a clear answer obvious?
- Media Statement 8 June 2020 - School budgets under pressure - Educator posts under threat
- Media Statement 8 June 2020 - Reopening of schools
- Media Statement 14 May 2020 - Is education still on track in the midst of the pandemic?
- Media Statement 30 Apr 2020 - Reopening of school - SAOU thankful that rationality triumphed
- Media Statement 28 Apr 2020 - Reopening of school - Safety of education staff and learners must be the priority
- Media Statement 14 Feb 2020 - State of the nation address: no surprises for education
- Media Statement 7 Feb 2020 - Pension fund
- Media Statement 7 Jan 2020 - National Senior Certificate Results 2019
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2019 Media Statements
- Media Statement 18 Feb 19 - Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) What should schools do?
- Media Statement 11 Oct 19 - Poor administration and bogus contractors put our learners and educators at risk
- Media Statement 1 Oct 19 - Dangerous School Infrastructure – Laerskool Wonderboom Suid - 1 October 2019
- Media Statement 26 Aug 19 - Automatic Progression in the Foundation Phase
- Media Statement 5 July 2019 – Smear Campaign – “Truth shall prevail”
- Media Statement 22 May 2019 – Focus on what’s important – Changing of school names in Gauteng
- Media Statement 20 May 2019 – Response to Lesufi
- Media Statement 29 April 2019 – Gauteng’s on-line registration and admissions regulations
- Media Statement 9 April 2019 – Using generalizations to cover greater problems is not just
- Media Statement 22 March 2019 – Call for responsible application of policy regarding school admissions: Gauteng
- Media Statement 4 March’19 – Running the Transformation of School Athletics by Quota
- Media Statement 21 Feb’19 – #Down Reduction of Wage Bill and Severance Packages
- Media Statement 20 Feb’19 – Making the 2019/20 Budget work could be at the cost of quality Education
- Media Statement 15 Feb’19 – SAOU Nationale Survey of School Infrastructure – 70 schools with serious problems identified
- Media Statement 11 Feb’19 – San Souci Girls’ High School – Hard Questions
- Media Statement 8 Feb’19 – The SONO Conundrum : Human Dignity versus Tablets
- Media Statement 7 Feb’19 – Hoërskool Roodepoort: A matter of life and death accountability
- Media Statement 4 Feb’19 – Dilapidated and Unsafe School Buildings: Disasters waiting to happen
- Media Statement 17 Jan’19 – Grey Kollege : Application for Appeal by the Governing Body dismissed
- Media Statement 15 Jan’19 – Schweizer-Reneke: SAOU protects educators against abuse of power and intimidation
- Media Statement 9 Jan’19 – Surprise: 16 000 learners not placed in schools in Gauteng
- Media Statement 8 Jan’19 – Education in Limpopo : Focus on the cause not the symptoms
- Media Statement 3 Jan’19 – National Senior Certificate Examination Results 2018
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2018 Media Statements
- Media Statement – Lack of competent strategic planning: 7000 learners in Gauteng still need to be placed
- Media Statement – Report by Judge WJ Hartzenberg on the SAOU and SAEF
- Media Statement – Smear campaign against SAOU reaches new lows
- Media Statement – Sacrificing education stability for political gain is not acceptable
- Media Statement – Teacher murdered by pupil : The SAOU calls the Minister to action, 14 September 2018
- Media Statement – New History Syllabus – Reshaping an Inclusive Future? 1 Jun 2018
- Media Statement – SAOU disappointed by criticism of Educator Compensation, 24 April 2018
- Media Statement – Lesufi asks parents for help with discipline, 11 April 2018
- Media Statement – PIC – Unmandated loan unacceptable, 6 February 2018
- Media Statement – The 2018/2019 Education Budget : Very tough times ahead
- Media Statement – HS Overvaal – 18 Jan 2018
- Media statement - HS Overvaal: Thorough education planning and building schools should be the focus – 15 Januarie 2018
- Media Statement – National Senior Certificate Examination Results 2017 – 4 January 2018
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2017 Media Statements
- Media Report 23 June – 27 July 2017
- Media Report 17 May – 23 June 2017
- Media Report 26 March – 17 May 2017
- Media Report 17 February – 23 March 2017
- Media Report 4 January – 16 February 2017
- Media Statement – 12 December 2017 – Education posts in GAU: Is there truly cause for panic?
- Media Statement – 8 December 2017 – The ability to read with comprehension.
- Media Statement 1 December 2017 – Is quality education a priority for education MEC Panyaza Lesufi?
- Media information – 16 Days of activism against gender-based violence.
- Media Statement – School Capture, Violence and a shortage of Teaching Posts
- Open letter to the Media – Religious rights in schools
- Media Statement – FEDUSA and SAOU celebrate World Teachers Day 5 October 2017
- Extreme disappointment as a result of the rash of sexual offences involving educators, 14 Sept’2017
- Media Statement by the President of the SAOU, Dr Louis Swanepoel: Smear campaign devoid of any truth.
- Media statement – Religious observances in schools: SAOU supports the Court and Bullying in schools: Not only a problem at school level, 9 March 2017
- Media statement – Delay in the processing of salaries of temporary educators 1 March 2017
- Media statement – Delay in the processing of salaries of Temporary Educators, 21 February 2017
- Media Statement – Delay in the processing of salaries of temporary educators, 16 Feb 2017
- Media Statement 23 January 2017
- Media Statement 4 January 2017
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2016 Media Statements
- Media Report 4 – 14 September 2016
- Media Report 16 July – 12 August 2016
- Media Report 21 June – 15 July 2016
- Media Report 17 May – 18 June 2016
- Media Report 15 April – 16 May 2016
- Ministerial Statement on Resurgence of University Unrest
- Media Report 1 Feb – 15 Feb 2016
- Headlines 13 Jan – 31 Jan 2016
- Media Report 4 Jan – 12 Jan’2016
- 1 December 2016 – Beheerliggame ‘moet meer mag kry, nie minder.’
- 2 November 2016 – Annual National Assessments (ANA) are dead.
- 21 September 2016 – Can the education system afford the unrest?
- 14 Maart 2016 tot 15 April 2016
- Media Statement : 5 January 2016 – National Senior Certificate Examination Results 2015
PODCASTS
Teacher Wellbeing and the SAOU Helpline
Listen Here6 June 2025
Skuins voor Pouse
Pienaar chats with Jeandrie Potgieter,
Business psychologists at North West University about Teacher Wellbeing and the SAOU Helpline.
Druk op matriek Onderwysers
Listen Here16 January 2025
PretoriaFM
Mr Paul Sauer
SAOU response to the release of the Grade 12 results 2024
Listen Here14 January 2025
Pretoria FM: Klankkoerant
Mr Paul Sauer
Onderwysbrandpunte in Noord-Kaap
Listen Here14 December 2024
RSG Naweekaktueel
Mr Henk Brand
Perspektief: BELA en ander onderwerpe
Listen Here4 Desember 2024
Radiokansel
Gert vd Westhuizen, Chief Political Editor Netwerk24
Prof Theo Venter, UJ
Prof Anthoni van Nieukerk, UNISA
Paul Sauer, Executive Officer SAOU
Bewerings van ‘n ernstige geldnood in die Nood-Kaapse Departement van Onderwys
23 November 2024
RSG: Naweekaktueel
Henk Brand (Provincial Secretary Northern Cape)
Geskiedenis as verpligte vak
Listern Here22 November 2024
Pretoria FM: Klankkoerant
Paul Sauer (Uitvoerende Beampte)
In Gesprek met Lourensa Eckard
PHSG - Huidige stand van sake
Listen Here17 October 2024, 13:20
104.24 FM
Paul Sauer (Uitvoerende Beampte)
Geletterdheid
Listen Here3 September 2024, 07:10
104.24 FM
Paul Sauer
Die keuse van 'n skool vir my kind
Listen Here18 August 2024
RSG 100 - 104 FM
Louis Swanepoel (SAOU President)
PHSG: Wat sê die SAOU
Listen Here2 August 2024, 07:10
Pretoria FM
Dems Nel
Konsessies en akkommodasies in skole
Listen Here13 June 2024
Pretoria FM
Adel Jacobs
Beleide maak 'n skool se rug toe
Listen Here10 April 2024
Pretoria FM
Ankia Bester
SAOU Congress 2023
FUTURE ORIENTED
PRO-ACTIVE PLANNING AND PARTNERSHIPS
Gauteng, June 2023
SAOU Congress 2020
EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA
The status and role of the SAOU
Gauteng, August 2020