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Mrs S E Eekhout
1 6 February 1 995
I would like the
following ideas to be taken into consideration when the
constitution is
finally drawn up:
- . Workers
should have the right to strike only once every twelve months and then for a
limited period (possibly 5 working days) only.
This is
to curtail wildcat strikes and the blackmail of employers through strike action.
The economy of the country depends on an
able and willing work force, not one
making outrageous demands all the time.
- All
students at institutions of learning should have the right to study without
disruption by other pupils, students or staff, both
academic and
administrative.
I worked for the Department of Education
and Training for 221/2 years and noted the following: We always had problems in
March and
September when first and second semester fees, respectively, were due
and again in May and November when examinations had to be written.
Students
were intimidated to join in even when they just wanted to study
peacefully.
- A
person should have the right to be protected from the wilful damage to or
destruction of state, provincial, community or private
property during strike
action and unrest.
It is so easy to damage or destroy
what is not one's own. Repairing schools and institutions wilfully damaged by
students and workers
costs millions of rands which could be better spent on
providing new classrooms, books, equipment and bursaries for needy students.
I
feel very strongly about the attitude that "If it is not available to everyone,
no one will have it" which seems to prevail at
the moment.
- It
is the right of every person to be educated to become a useful member of
society.
This does not mean that everyone will receive the same
education, but that at the level he/she is able to reach, he/she will be a
productive member of society.
- The
proposed freedom of sexual orientation worries me if it applies to paedophiles
as well. I sincerely hope it does not.
(MRS) SE
EEKHOUT
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