THE Eastern Cape Department of Education is being accused of spending more than R40-million of unauthorised money on office-based teachers – while many in lower level posts, along with suppliers, have spent agonising months awaiting payment.
DA MPL Edmund van Vuuren expressed shock that “higher salaries have been paid to office-based educators in the Eastern Cape without these costs being budgeted for in the 2009/10 financial year”. Read the ful story in The Herald.