Communists in Swaziland and South Africa honour World Teachers’ Day
- The Left Chapter
- Oct 6
- 2 min read
5 October 2025
On this World Teachers’ Day, the Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) salutes the heroic teachers of Swaziland, organised under the Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT), for their unwavering commitment to education, justice, and workers’ rights in the face of relentless repression by the autocratic regime.
Teachers in Swaziland continue to serve under some of the most hostile conditions in the region. They are underpaid, overworked, and systematically victimised for exercising their constitutional rights to organise and to speak truth to power. The Mswati regime has turned classrooms into sites of fear, targeting educators who demand accountability and improved learning conditions.
In open contempt for the rule of law, the government has even defied court orders, including the directive to reinstate the SNAT President and pay his outstanding dues. This blatant disregard for judicial authority exposes the regime’s disdain not only for workers’ rights but for the very idea of justice and democracy.
The CPS stands in full solidarity with SNAT and the broader working class in their struggle for dignity and social transformation. The Party reaffirms that the liberation of teachers, all workers and the entire working class cannot be separated from the struggle to dismantle the Tinkhundla system, which thrives on exploitation, poverty, and political suppression.
Teachers are builders of the nation’s future. Their fight is not just for better wages or job security, it is a fight for the soul of Swaziland, for a society founded on equality, democracy, and people’s power.
The CPS calls on all progressive forces, locally and internationally to stand with SNAT and condemn the ongoing union-bashing and repression of workers in Swaziland. True education can only flourish in a society where freedom, justice, and workers’ rights are fully realised.
Long live SNAT!
Long live the struggle of the working class!
Down with the Tinkhundla dictatorship!
Forward to a democratic and socialist Swaziland!
South African Communist Party
Sunday, 5 October 2025: - The South African Communist Party (SACP) joins the working class in commemorating World Teachers’ Day, expresses gratitude to all teachers in South Africa and the world for their sterling contribution to education and human development.
The SACP reaffirms its solidarity with both organised and unorganised working class in the education sector as they fight against the challenges they face. The Party further supports workers’ efforts in dealing with the challenges of overcrowded classrooms, heavy workloads, and lack of mental health support, among others.
We thus call for unity of teachers in our country in order to wage the struggle for better working conditions. This necessitates working round the clock to stop violence in schools as it places both learners and educators, thus impacting the learning environment. The SACP calls for improved funding as well as active involvement of parents and the communities as crucial stakeholders in imparting knowledge to learners.
In taking forward the struggle for social emancipation, the SACP will continue to deepen its solidarity with all workers in the education sector, as well as the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in its effort to organise and unite workers across all sectors.
Workers of the World, Unite!
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