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Cameras in school: teachers who walked out are back

Parents of learners at Umkhumbane Secondary School block the school, called for the teachers to be fired

Parents protested outside the school at the reinstatement of 22 teachers who walked out in March. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Parents of learners at Umkhumbane Secondary School in Chesterville, outside Durban, have called on the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education to fire 22 teachers who walked out when CCTV cameras were installed at the school.
The decision to install the cameras was taken by the principal, the School Governing Body (SGB), and parents after several meetings about safety.
When some teachers objected, the provincial department of education instructed the school to remove the cameras. The SGB, with the support of the National Teachers Union (NATU), challenged this in court, and on 31 March the Pietermaritzburg High court ruled in their favour, allowing…

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