Pressure for places in government schools may see parents forced to turn to costly private schools to find room
Private education and the resultant high cost of school fees could be the lot for thousands of parents as the Department of Basic Education announced major budget cuts, especially on infrastructure spend.
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has already announced a R248 million cut to its infrastructure budget, cutting back on its ability to build new schools and fix existing ones.
As government schools open next week for the start of the new school year,
