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Sadtu secures salary adjustments for five Ingwe TVET College lecturers

Sowetan · 🇿🇦 public South Africa · · 368 words · By Gugulethu Mashinini
Labor Rights Union Advocacy Government accountability
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Five lecturers at Ingwe TVET College in the Eastern Cape are to receive salary adjustments and back pay after a three-year battle with the department of higher education.

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What happened

Five lecturers at Ingwe TVET College in the Eastern Cape are to receive salary adjustments and back pay after a three-year battle with the department of higher education.

Why it matters

The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) said it had secured the notch adjustment after the lecturers were left waiting despite obtaining qualifications that entitled them to higher salaries.

Common ground

The union said the lecturers were employed at the college at REQV 13 level but obtained the necessary qualifications between 2019 and 2020 to qualify for REQV 14, including the applicable cash bonuses.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-08-24-sadtu-secures-salary-adjustments-for-f…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “In 2024, Sadtu approached the Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC), asking it to determine whether the department had committed an unfair labour practice by failing to adjust the lecturers’ salary notches after they submitted their qualifications between 2019 and 2022.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of unrelated search results about Microsoft Office, Microsoft financial reports, and general Wikipedia entries about SADTU and other organizations. No evidence exists in the provided set to confirm the 2024 ELRC filing.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The African Teachers' Association of South Africa (ATASA) was a trade union representing black teachers in South Africa. The union was founded in 1919, as the South African Native Teachers' Federation…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democratic Alliance (DA) is a liberal political party in South Africa, sitting on the centre to centre-right of the political spectrum. It has been the second-largest party in the country since it…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) is the largest trade union for teachers in South Africa. It is allied to the African National Congress and is an affiliate of the Congress of South …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Democratic_Teach…
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Claim 2: “During arbitration proceedings, the department conceded that the lecturers qualified for the salary adjustment because they had obtained the required qualifications.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of adult content search results which are completely irrelevant to the claim.
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Claim 3: “The adjustments were to be backdated to the dates the lecturers obtained their qualifications, while one lecturer’s adjustment was to start from the date of employment.”
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The provided evidence consists of travel forums regarding Air France and is entirely irrelevant to the claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 5, 2010 · Site internet d'Air France: bug, ça vous étonne? Iledereve · 5 mars 2010 à 19:02 · Une photo 23 messages · 11 participants · 6 942 affichages Guides VoyageForum
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web search NEUTRAL — Dernières suggestions de lecture sur VoyageForum: Forum Compagnies aériennes sur Voyage Forum
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Claim 4: “The ELRC then ordered the department to adjust the salary notches and pay the money owed to them.”
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The provided evidence consists of Instagram profiles and unrelated Wikipedia entries about labour boards in other countries or unrelated UK education secretaries. No evidence confirms the ELRC order for Ingwe TVET College.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board (FPSLREB; French: Commission des relations de travail et de l’emploi dans le secteur public fédéral, LCRTESPF) is an independent quasi-j…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Liverpool City Council adopted policies largely inspired by those elected Councillors who were members of a left wing group known as the Militant tendency through much of the 1980s, and was subs…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The secretary of state for education, also referred to as the education secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the work of the Department for Educa…
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Claim 5: “On July 24, the court ordered the department to appear virtually on August 28 to show why it should not be found guilty of contempt for failing to comply with the ELRC award.”
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The provided evidence consists of Massachusetts court dockets, battery charger videos, song lyrics, and speedway racing results. None of these relate to the claim.
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Claim 6: “Sadtu said the department failed to comply with the arbitration award, forcing the union to take the matter to the labour court.”
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While the evidence mentions the ELRC and Labour Court in other contexts (e.g., Selinah Moloi, Wesley Neumann), there is no evidence provided that SADTU took the department to court specifically for the Ingwe TVET College lecturers.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) ruled on June 26, 2026, that the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) acted fairly when it fired Selinah Moloi, the former principal of Montshiwa Primary…
https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-07-04-principal…
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web search NEUTRAL — In the labour court of south africa, johannesburg. Not Reportable. Case no: JR 496/17. In the matter between: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: GAUTENG Applicant. and. EDUCATION LABOUR RELATIONS COUNCIL First …
https://www.saflii.org/za/cases/ZALCJHB/2021/392.html
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web search NEUTRAL — The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has filed an application for leave to appeal the decision of the Labour Court concerning Wesley Neumann’s dismissal.
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Claim 7: “Five lecturers at Ingwe TVET College in the Eastern Cape are to receive salary adjustments and back pay after a three-year battle with the department of higher education.”
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The claim is explicitly supported by one web search result titled 'Sadtu secures salary adjustments for five Ingwe TVET College...', but no other independent sources corroborate this specific event.
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web search NEUTRAL — Five Ingwe TVET College lecturers are to receive salary adjustments and back pay after a three-year battle. File picture: (123RF/marwphoto).
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-08-24-sad…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BIT-iEknc8
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web search NEUTRAL — Ingwe TVET College online admission application form 2026 is open to all interested applicants irrespective of colour, race, ethnic identity, religion, gender or national origin, provided they qualify…
https://southafricaportal.com/study-at-ingwe-tvet-college/
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Claim 8: “The union said the lecturers were employed at the college at REQV 13 level but obtained the necessary qualifications between 2019 and 2020 to qualify for REQV 14, including the applicable cash bonuses.”
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The specific details regarding REQV 13 and REQV 14 levels for these lecturers are only found in the single news source provided in the web search results.
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web search NEUTRAL — The union said the lecturers were employed at the college at REQV 13 level but obtained the necessary qualifications between 2019 and 2020 to qualify for REQV 14, including the applicable cash bonuses…
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-08-24-sad…
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web search NEUTRAL — Find TVET College PL1 Lecturer vacancies for 2026 across all 50 public colleges, with requirements, official adverts and application links.
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web search NEUTRAL — REQV Levels in Education - South Africa. REQV Levels Meaning Table Guide -2026. 9 April 2026 by CAPS Content Writer.It’s mandatory for all teachers to be on at least REQV 13 to qualify for permanent e…
https://schoolhive.co.za/reqv-levels-table-guide/
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Claim 9: “While waiting for the labour court proceedings, the lecturers received supplementary payslips confirming that their salary notches would be adjusted.”
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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.