Blade Nzimande gets serious about workers’ education

Report on the visit by Dr Blade Nzimande, Minister of Higher Education and Training, to Ditsela on 4th May 2010.
The Minister of Higher Education and Training (HET), Dr Blade Nzimande, and a delegation from the ministry of HET attended an education strategy meeting at Ditsela House on 04 May 2010. The purpose of this meeting was to ascertain how Ditsela together with the DHET could improve current worker education structures as well as formulate a future education strategy.
1 Goal Education for All

On Thursday, 10 June 2010 Ditsela, along with a number of trade union representatives, labour organisations and civil society organisations took to the streets to demonstrate their deep concern for the current state of education in both South Africa and other parts of the world.
Towards a national Council on Workers’ Education
The Ditsela Workers’ Education Institute ended the year in November with a Summit on Workers’ Education following a series of discussions through various platforms by labour and government about the crisis in education.

