‘Schools are not banks’: Limpopo education lashed over ‘irregular instruction’

Department has asked schools to use funds for running costs to pay assistants, blaming finance minister

01 December 2021 - 19:58

Principals and governing bodies are fuming after the Limpopo education department asked schools to use money earmarked for running costs to pay for the stipends of education and general assistants...

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