‘No choice’ but to cut more than 2,400 teacher posts in Western Cape

Despite imposing budget cuts across the board the Western Cape education department (WCED) says it still faces a R3.8bn budget shortfall over the next three years and is left with no choice but to cut more than 2,400 teaching posts.The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) last week said it rejected with contempt proposals by the department to reduce the 2025 educator posts with poor working-class communities bearing the brunt of the reduction.Provincial education MEC David Maynier said: “We are doing everything we can to fight for our teachers, but we are being…