Budget speech brings infrastructure funding, but no relief for teacher salaries
On Wednesday, (30 October) Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana tabled the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), revealing that no additional funding would be allocated to provincial education departments. Minister Godongwana attributed staffing challenges in frontline services to provincial mismanagement, arguing that provinces failed to allocate funds for the wage bill as intended. In August, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) announced plans to reduce teacher posts by 2,407 for the 2025 […]
