Gauteng Education MEC provides clarity on office accommodation and school funding [SOUND]

# Gauteng MEC for Education, Lebogang Maile, says the suggestion that his department has spent money on office accommodation at the expense of school funding is mischievous and misleading. According to reports, Gauteng’s provincial government is spending more than 230-million-rand a year on rented district offices for the department, while public schools across the province face severe budget cuts. The department’s spokesperson, Onwabile Lubhelwana, says the department does not procure office accommodation, enter into lease agreements, or administer a budget for the procurement: