Teacher unions at each other’s throats over member poaching

Durban — The National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union’s (Nehawu) decision to embark on a recruitment drive to poach teachers to its ranks could pit it against fellow alliance partner, the South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu).Both unions are strong affiliates of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) which is in alliance with the ANC, however, Nehawu had not previously extended its scope to teachers in respect of its affiliate partner, Sadtu.In a document released by Nehawu, titled The State of Education in KwaZulu-Natal and the Strategic Role of…