Yesterday Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga was expected to brief the media with regard to when schools will reopen, as well as what steps are to be taken to prevent the spread of the coronavirus among learners, but the briefing was postponed indefinitely. This morning we speak to the unions in the sector to find out what their worries are. Let’s hear first from Naptosa through their Executive Director Basil Manuel who was speaking to Stephen Grootes this morning….

NAPTOSA

Guest: Allen Thompson – President of the National Teachers' Union (Natu)

Guest: Nkosana Dolopi - SADTU's deputy general-secretary
guest: CHRIS KLOPER – GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE
SUID AFRIKANSE ONDERWYSERS UNIE