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1 SOUTH AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC TEACHERS union (SADTU) BACKGROUND The SOUTH AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC Teachers union (SADTU) was launched in Johannesburg on 6 October 1990. This was an historic occasion, bringing together a range of racially divided teacher organisations into a unitary structure with a progressive vision. In doing so SADTU challenged the legitimacy of ethnic education departments and made an important contribution to the struggle for non-racialism in SOUTH Africa. The idea to form a national and non-racial teachers union originated at a conference of teachers in Harare in April 1988. The various organisations present at the Harare Conference - ATASA, UTASA, TASA, NEUSA, DETU, WECTU, EDASA, PTU and the PTL committed themselves to work towards the establishment of one national teachers organisation in a unitary, non-racial and DEMOCRATIC SOUTH Africa.

1 SOUTH AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC TEACHERS’UNION (SADTU) BACKGROUND The South African Democratic Teachers‟ Union (SADTU) was launched in Johannesburg on 6 October 1990.

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