# The GOOD Party says the Western Cape’s 2025/2026 budget prioritises short-term optics over the long-term needs of residents. Finance MEC, Deidré Baartman, tabled the budget last week. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, says despite allocating 101-billion-rand to education over the medium-term expenditure framework, schools are struggling under the weight of increasing enrolment, overcrowded classrooms, and a shortage of teachers:
GOOD Party says the Western Cape budget consists of misguided priorities [SOUND]
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