Cosatu on Wednesday used the State of the Province Address in Cape Town to protest against teacher job cuts in the Western Cape, raising alarms over overcrowded classrooms and the decline in quality education.
SACP Western Cape Provincial Secretary Benson Ngqentsu addresses the crowd on concerns over the cutting of teacher posts before the State Of the Province Address with Western Cape Premier Alan Winde listening to the party's concerns.Cosatu yesterday said the more than 2,000 jobs that had been cut by the Western Cape Education Department have have affected poor working-class communities in the province.
SACP Western Cape Provincial Secretary Benson Ngqentsu said the Western Cape provincial government, led by the DA, must commit to industrialise the Central Karoo district as a basis to address poverty and unemployment.” “ We condemn the DA led government for targeting working class schools. Therefore, the premier must use his SOPA statement to address these challenges.”
African National Congress provincial spokesperson Muhammad Khalid Sayed said the marchers' efforts were to make sure that each child gets quality education.
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