Umnyango Wezemfundo eGauteng ubhekene nemiphumela yokuncishiswa kwesabelomali ngo-R4.5 billion, okubeke encupheni izikhala zothisha ezingaphezu kuka-3,000 engcupheni.
UMEC Matome Chiloane uveze ngoLwesihlanu ukuthi umnyango ubhekene nezinselelo ezinkulu ngenxa yokuncishiswa kwesabelomali. Nakuba lezi zinkinga zezezimali zingezintsha, uChiloane ugcizelele ukuthi lesi simo siba nzima kakhulu ngenxa yokwanda okusheshayo kwabantu esifundazweni.
Umnyango usebenza kanzima ukuthola izindlela zokuvikela izikhala zothisha bezikoleni zomphakathi ngenkathi uzama ukusebenza kahle ngesabelomali esincishisiwe. “Zonke izifundazwe zibhekene nalokhu. Sibheke othisha abangaba ngu-3,400. Ngebhadi, kuzoba nokuncishiswa kwezinye izinhlelo, ukuthutha kwabafundi, kanye nokudla kwesikole. Siyacindezela yonke indawo ukuze siqinisekise ukuthi sigcina bonke othisha bezikole,” kusho uChiloane.
uNgqongqoshe Wezemfundo uSiviwe Gwarube ucele ukuthi kuthathwe izinyathelo zokuvikela izikhala zothisha ukuze kugcinwe izinga lemfundo. Ngo-Agasti, umnyango wezemfundo waseWestern Cape nawo wakhuluma ngecebo lakhe lokuncishiswa kwezikhala zabafundisi ezingaphezu kuka-2,400 ngenxa yokushoda kwezimali ngo-R3.8 billion.
UGwarube usebenza nezinyonyane ukuthola izixazululo zokubhekana nemiphumela yokuncishiswa kwesabelomali, okuqondiswe yi-Treasury kazwelonke. Bobabili iWestern Cape neGauteng baveze ukukhathazeka ngalesi sikhathi esizayo sokuncishiswa kwesabelomali.
Ngesikhulumi sezokuxhumana, uGwarube ucele ukuxhaswa ngokwengeziwe ukuze kuvikwe umkhakha wemfundo, esho, “Nakuba lokhu kuyindaba eseduze ne-Treasury, thina njengesigaba sezemfundo asikwazi ukuhlala sithule ngenkathi izinsiza zokuqala zithinteka, ngoba lokhu kuzoba nomthelela ezingeni lemfundo.”
UGwarube uhlela ukuhlangana ne-Treasury kule viki ukuze axoxe ngezixazululo ezinkinga zezimali ezibhekene nomnyango wakhe.