Gauteng MEC for Education Matome Chiloane announced plans to cut other budgets to save over 3,000 education jobs due to an R4.5 billion budget shortfall.
Gauteng MEC for Education Matome Chiloane announced that he will focus on cutting other budgets to save more than 3,000 jobs. He said he would slash different educational programmes due to an R4.5 billion budget cut and said they would not follow in the footsteps of the Western Cape. South Africans were displeased with his announcement and blamed the African National Congress, accusing it of running the province into the ground. Chiloane gave an update on the online admissions for 2025.
He noted that the department was facing a R4.5 billion budget shortfall.
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