Overcrowding, infrastructure failures and school safety dominate Gauteng education MEC’s agenda — but deeper structural pressures remain unresolved
MEC Lebogang Maile’s State of Education briefing in Bryanston, Fourways, landed at a moment when Gauteng’s schooling system is under intense strain from rapid population growth, infrastructure decay and recurring safety incidents. Maile’s address signalled a department trying to project responsiveness while grappling with long-standing systemic pressures. Overcrowding as the central crisis His briefing was…