SADTU announces national leadership, all top 8 candidates retain their positions

JOHANNESBURG – The South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) has announced its national leadership, with all candidates in the top 8 retaining their positions.

Magope Maphila has been re-elected as the union’s president, with his deputy Mabutho Cele also remaining SADTU’s number two.

They were re-elected at the union’s 10th national congress at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg on Saturday.

Maphila has been president of teachers’ union SADTU since 2014 and has now been elected to serve another five-year term.

He will continue to be deputized by Cele, who has also served as the union’s deputy president since the 2014 national congress.

Mugwena Maluleke remains the union’s general secretary, while Nkosana Dolopi has been re-elected to serve as his deputy.