{"id":49454,"date":"2026-10-29T20:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T18:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=49454"},"modified":"2026-10-29T20:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T18:19:09","slug":"sa-president-assures-teachers-union-on-funding-new-educator-posts","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-president-assures-teachers-union-on-funding-new-educator-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"SA President assures teachers union on funding new educator posts \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South African (SA) President Cyril Ramaphosa has committed to securing government funding for the recruitment of additional teachers in a bid to tackle the persistent problem of overcrowded classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Tongaat, north of Durban, Ramaphosa addressed members of the SA Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) following widespread frustration over mounting educator vacancies, low pay for Grade R teachers, and worsening safety conditions in schools. The engagement follows a massive demonstration earlier this month when thousands of teachers marched through Durban\u2019s central business district to protest against budget cuts and resource shortages in the education sector.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging the union&#8217;s demands, Ramaphosa assured educators that government leadership agrees with their concerns and is working to make specific budgetary allocations for additional teachers as well as public sector medical doctors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My focus on education must be to appoint more teachers, to lessen the number of learners in the classroom,&#8221; Ramaphosa told the gathering, promising that the national treasury would address the staffing shortages.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He praised teachers in KwaZulu-Natal province for their resilience and commitment to their pupils, highlighting that children in the province deserve the exact same quality of education and classroom support as those in any other part of SA.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;SABC\/ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":49455,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-49454","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"SA President Cyril Ramaphosa promises treasury allocation for additional teachers","published_date":"2026-10-29 20:18:55","news_description":"SA President Cyril Ramaphosa promises treasury allocation for additional teachers","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49457,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49454\/revisions\/49457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=49454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}