Abstract
This paper aims to examine the experiences of teachers' use of ICTs for online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the national lockdown due to COVID-19, many independent schools faced permanent closure if alternatives to traditional teaching and learning were not implemented. This sparked the move towards online learning and teaching platforms. Learners had to work from home whilst schools made rapid transformations in order to accommodate them. In South African schools, teachers faced the same dilemma as other countries around the world. Drastic changes to the curriculum were made by the Department of Education in order to ensure that learners received the basics in order to complete their academic year. In this study, the researchers employed a generic qualitative approach and data was collected using structured and semi-structured interviews and then anlasyed using ATLAS,ti analytic software. Thematic analysis provided the basis for recognizing themes in the data provided by the interviews. Five teachers from one school in the Gauteng West District were interviewed. 2 The research study found that whilst teachers were prepared to use ICTs on an online platform to teach during the pandemic, they do require further skills development training. The study also found that teacher self-efficacy with regards to their use of ICTs to teach online was positive. Teacher self-belief is therefore high and bodes well for the success of future training programmes.