Tripartite Partners Excluded From Bela Negotiations
The South African Democratic Teachers Union Sadtu has decried the exclusion of the tripartite alliance partners from the discussions on clauses 4 and 5 of the Basic Education Laws Amendment BELA Act .
The three-month discussion period for parties in the Government of National Unity GNU on the clauses ended last Friday.
In September, President Cyril Ramaphosa put a hold on implementing the clauses to allow for the discussions.
Sadtu General Secretary Dr. Mugwena Maluleke says the Congress of South African Trade Unions Cosatu was excluded from the discussions.
Maluleke says, "The tripartite alliance has been left out of the discussions. There were some discussions that were secret at the level of Nedlac National Economic Development and Labour Council, we are the convener of the labour constituency in Nedlac as Cosatu, we were to even be informed around that particular process. We only knew when the so-called agreement was signed."