Free State education freezes textbook budgets, defends move
By The BriefBrief
Free State Education defends a freeze on school textbook budgets, citing governance failures, as unions criticize it.
WHO:Free State Department of Education
WHAT:Defended a centralised takeover and freeze of school textbook budgets, citing administrative failures and unlawful photocopying by school administrators
WHEN:May 21, 2026 at 6:05 PM ET
WHERE:Free State, South Africa
WHY:The freeze was imposed days before a statutory deadline amid claims of chronic administrative failures and unlawful photocopying by school administrators
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