This submission by Equal Education (EE) and the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) addresses critical shortcomings in the 2024 Division of Revenue Amendment Bill, which threaten the constitutional right to basic education in South Africa. The submission highlights how National Treasury’s fiscal policy and budgetary decisions appear to disregard, and at times undermine, Parliament’s legislative authority by failing to allocate necessary funds to enforce laws and policies intended to guarantee essential educational services. Treasury’s approach is effectively overriding democratic legislative processes, creating a persistent funding crisis that is damaging South Africa’s educational infrastructure, teacher workforce, and learners’ rights to basic education and a conducive learning environment.
JOINT SUBMISSION TO THE SELECT AND STANDING COMMITTEES ON DIVISION OF REVENUE AMENDMENT BILL
