SAFTU says Basic Education budgets have failed to keep pace with enrolment growth [SOUND]

# Saftu says for more than a decade, the Department of Basic Education budgets have failed to keep pace with enrolment growth, inflation, infrastructure needs and staffing requirements. The federation’s Asive Dyani says provincial education departments in all nine provinces have repeatedly cited budget constraints as the reason for freezing or delaying appointments. She says government and the National Treasury must prioritise budget increase for the 2027 school academic year: