Johannesburg – About 4 000 teachers have resigned from their jobs in the past five years in Gauteng to get their pension payouts, only to be reappointed afterwards.
Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi revealed this during a question-and-answer session in the Gauteng legislature this week.
DA education MPL Khume Ramulifho had asked Lesufi how many reports of posts being sold in the province the department had received.
The answer was three cases.
Lesufi said 3 834 teachers had resigned and were then reappointed, as were 127 heads of department and 18 deputy principals.
During a recent scandal, it emerged that teacher unions and department officials were selling principal and deputy principal positions at schools for upwards of R30 000 each.
The Department of Education ordered an investigation into the selling of posts…
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