DA accuses Lesufi of sacrificing education budget for e-toll debt [SOUND]

# The DA has accused the Gauteng Provincial Government of cutting school budgets to fund debt linked to the failed e-toll system. DA education spokesperson Michael Waters claims the province has committed billions of rand towards e-toll obligations while schools face a 64-percent reduction in subsidies, rising municipal costs and service disconnections. He says learners are bearing the consequences of misplaced spending priorities and has called education funding to be prioritised: