10 HEAD TEACHERS WHO WERE AGAINST STRIKE

MBABANE – We bring you exactly what the 10 head teachers who deposed to affidavits in support of the interdict of the PSAs strike action told the court.
Some narrated how they allegedly suffered at the hands of the protesters.

In different affidavits which were presented to the court by government, the head teachers related how they now feared for their lives and those of their children.
A majority of them, in their affidavits, submitted that they now feared for their lives after having received threats and branded sellouts.

On the strength of the affidavits by the head teachers, Minister of Labour and Social Security Makhosi Computer Vilakati and the police, the court issued an interim order stopping the public sector associations (PSAs) from continuing with the strike action.
In their statements, the head teachers painted a picture of unbearable working conditions due to the alleged attacks and threats they received at the hands of the protesters.    

The interim order stopping the strike action by the PSAs was issued by Judge Abande Dlamini last Thursday. This, after government filed an urgent application, where it argued that the ongoing strike action which commenced on September 3, 2019 had gone beyond a labour dispute between government and the unions.
Respondents in the matter were the National Public Service and Allied Workers Union (NAPSAWU) and the Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT).
Attorney General Sifiso Mashampu Khumalo contended that the strike action had become untenable due to its threats to national interest.

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