Government schools spend thousands photocopying test papers meant to be supplied by the department of education.

As teachers trickled back to work after their strike was suspended on Monday, unions looked to be heading for a showdown over the no work, no pay rule

One of Sadtu’s most militant leaders, Ronald Nyathi, has indicated that the teacher’s strike could be soon be over because his region has accepted the state’s revised wage offer.

Signs of a split in unions’ response to government’s latest wage offer emerged on Tuesday, with Sadtu suggesting they could reject the offer.