R300m set aside for Life Esidimeni claimants in Gauteng budget

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R300m set aside for Life Esidimeni claimants in Gauteng budget | Sesona_Ngqaks

This was announced by Gauteng Finance MEC Barbara Creecy on Tuesday when she presented her R132.4bn budget to the Gauteng provincial legislature for 2019/20 financial year.

Of this, R346m will be used to employ interns, R310m will be set aside for the absorption of community health workers and R17bn will be used to fund goods and services. An amount of R815m has been allocated for e-learning devices and e-LTSM , which would continue to transform township schools into functional ICT-enabled learning spaces.

Half a billion rand was set aside in the budget specifically for youth development initiatives. These include R124m for Tshepo One Million and R45.6m for the welfare to work programme which would help 46 160 women, including single mothers, to move from dependence on child care grants to sustainable self-supporting economic activity.Creecy said the provincial government would invest R33.7bn in infrastructure over the next three years.

 

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