Gwarube seeks urgent meeting with finance minister over budget crisis

Basic education minister Siviwe Gwarube has requested an urgent meeting with her finance counterpart Enoch Godongwana as provincial education departments scramble to manage a collective budget shortfall of R28.7bn for this fiscal year.

The cash crunch is projected to soar to R118.2bn by 2027-28, according to estimates from the basic education department...

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