DURBAN - Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has announced a R349.5-billion budget for basic education for the 2025-26 year.
Teacher salaries take up over seventy percent of provincial education budgets.
The Western Cape Education Department has had to cut 2,400 teacher posts, while KwaZulu-Natal spends ninety percent of its education budget on teacher salaries.
eNCA reporter Nkosikhona Malinga Mnisi has more.