Despite a court order, the WC Education Department is still failing some learners
Schools are busy with mid-year exams while some learners are still waiting to be placed in the Western Cape.
Impact of austerity measures
Court orders WCED to find schools for all unplaced learners
Victory for Equal Education, parents and learners as High Court orders Western Cape Education to place learners within 10 days.
Residents slam ‘dismal’ Western Cape health budget
Community stakeholders at a health budget indaba demanded better and quality healthcare while the provincial health department blamed high population numbers for the inadequate budget.
Activists march for an alternative budget and a new vision
Cuts to government’s health and education budgets are unjustified and crippling the economy while increasing inequality, the protesters argued.
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