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Last year, more than 300,000 assistants were hired nationwide to start work from December to March this year as part of the government’s R7 billion project.
FILE: An elementary school equipped with temporary COVID-19 screens. Image: Supplied.
DURBAN – Teaching assistants in Kwazulu-Natal did not receive their December salaries and there appears to be confusion as to why it has yet to be resolved.
Last year, more than 300,000 assistants were recruited nationwide to begin work from December to March this year as part of the R7 billion government project, implemented at the end of 2020. Of these, 76,000 were assigned to KZN, which has the largest educational system. in the country with more than 6,200 schools.
The late payment left many attendees disappointed and confused.
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According to the spokesman for the Department of Basic Education Elijah Mhlanga on Tuesday, the Treasury made the funds available to all nine provinces. But Kwazulu-Natal Education MEC Kwazi Mshengu said Eyewitness news they haven’t received a penny.
“We were supposed to pay them [teaching assistants] in December but we could not because the National Treasury has not yet transferred the funds to our account, and as a provincial department, we do not have money ”.
Mshengu suggested that the delay could be attributed to managers going on leave in December, but promised that outstanding salaries would be settled soon.
“Unfortunately, we were unable to pay them in December, but they will definitely be paid this month,” he said.
But Imraan Keeka of the district attorney criticized the provincial department, saying the delays showed poor planning by the government.
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