DStv Channel 403 Wednesday, 04 December 2024

Education in crisis | Budget cuts delaying KZN school repairs

TONGAAT - Many damaged schools in KwaZulu-Natal face delays in repairs because of budget cuts and lack of sponsors.

As the academic year wraps up, learners in schools damaged by natural disasters look set to go into the new year still in temporary classrooms.

This year the department of education set aside R2.6-million to fix damaged schools, but far more is required.

Government says progress is being made to address the backlog in education infrastructure.

But Public Works MEC Martin Meyer says they have to cut unnecessary expenditure to make funds available for service delivery.

  • eNCA’s Zanele Buthelezi reports.

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