Civil society organisations with a focus on education, health and social grants were less than enamoured with the 2023 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement.
Since 1996, the number of people in South Africa in the 5-24 age group not attending school increased from 5.09m to about 5.4m (26.6%), Census 2022 reveals.
A toxic asbestos roofing threat is hanging over 207 Nelson Mandela Bay schools, posing a risk to staff and pupils alike with the deadly fibres linked to life-threatening forms of cancer.