The KwaZulu-Natal education department will receive additional funding over the next three years to cover salary costs, support teacher assistants, and strengthen school infrastructure, MEC Francois Rodgers said on Tuesday while tabling the 2026/27 budget.
The amount allocated to education is R71.193 billion, accounting for 42.4% of the total R168.2 billion provincial budget.
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Rodgers said the department would receive R647.3 million in 2026/27, R676.5 million in 2027/28 and R697.6 million in 2028/29 “towards addressing the existing budget pressures in compensation of employees in the department, which were largely caused by significant historic budget cuts”.
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