says it will spend R2.2 billion of its R5.2 billion budget allocation from the provincial Finance Department to fill critical posts.
MEC Panyaza Lesufi says the allocation is a major boost for his department as overcrowding is a challenge. We’ve got classrooms that are overpopulated. So because of that, we need to hire more educators. Fortunately, we’ve got lots of young people who are unemployed so we will move with speed when we get the budget.”The Gauteng provincial government has unveiled a total budget of more than R400-billion over the next three years geared towards growing the economy battered by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and last July’s unrest.
Gauteng Finance MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko says over the next three years, R36.8 billion will be spent towards infrastructure projects – including the upgrading of roads, the refurbishment of hospitals, the construction of four new schools and the funding of the Special Economic Zones announced by Premier David Makhura in his State of the Province Address.