National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa

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NAPTOSA
National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa
Founded1 November 1991
Headquarters Pretoria, South Africa
Location
Members55,000 [1]
Key people
Basil Manuel, General Secretary
Thabo Manne, President
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.

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.
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