National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa

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NAPTOSA
National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa
Founded1 November 2006
Headquarters Pretoria, South Africa
Location
Members
45,000 [1]
Key people
Nkosiphendule Ntantala, president
Basil Manuel, general secretary
Website www.naptosa.org.za

The National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa (NAPTOSA) is a professional organisation of teachers in South Africa. It is headquartered in Pretoria, South Africa.

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History

The union was founded in 1991 as a federation. By 1997, it included the following unions: [2]

On 1 November 2006, NAPTOSA was reconstituted as a single, unitary, trade union. The Professional Educators' Union opted to remain independent, but NAPTOSA works with it, the Natal Association of Teachers' Unions and the Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwysers Unie in the Combined Trade Unions, for the purpose of recognition by the Education Labour Relations Chamber.

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References

  1. Education Labour Relations Council, 31 August 2011, Vote Weights for the Trade Unions that are Parties to Council
  2. Zengele, Vincent Thulani (2009). THE INVOLVEMENT OF TEACHER UNIONS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EMPLOYMENT OF EDUCATORS’ ACT 76 OF 1998 (PDF). Pretoria: University of South Africa. Retrieved 27 April 2021.