# Department of Employment and Labour has dismissed allegations that it failed to process payments for Education Assistants and General Education Assistants, under the Basic Education Employment Initiative Phase Five. The department contributes over four-billion-rand in funding toward the Presidential Youth Employment Initiative, which supports the EAs and GEAs programme. Minister Nomakhosazana Meth says payments for September could not be processed because the Department of Basic Education had not submitted all the required documents on time. She adds that releasing the funds without due process would undermine good governance.
Labour minister says claims over delayed Education Assistant stipends are misleading