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BASIC EDUCATION: Gwarube orders urgent textbook corruption probe while anchoring ECD-focused R38.2bn budget
Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube used her 2026/27 budget vote to announce a corruption probe into textbook procurement, a clampdown on failing provinces, and a fundamental shift away from the national matric pass rate metric.
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