The Star reports that a financial shortfall has been given by the Gauteng Department of Education as the reason behind the delay in payment to teachers for the marking of exam scripts.  

Disgruntled teachers have complained that some of them were not paid and others have only received a quarter of the money owing to them.  Teachers would need to wait until the end of March for payment, said acting spokesperson for the department, Oupa Bodibe.  He went on to indicate:  “Partial payment has been made to all markers.  The department is awaiting approval for additional funds and will pay the balance before the end of March.  The department wholeheartedly apologises for this.”  Some teachers have told The Star they were planning to march to the department on Friday if the payments were not made by then.

• Read this report by Heidi Giokos in full at The Star
• See too, Gauteng matric markers partially paid due to department’s ‘financial shortfall’, at TimesLive

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