{"id":10240,"date":"2022-08-04T17:10:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T17:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/labour-minister-buthelezi-rich-people-to-pay-tax-plus-scholarships-for-their-children"},"modified":"2022-08-04T17:32:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T17:32:10","slug":"labour-minister-buthelezi-rich-people-to-pay-tax-plus-scholarships-for-their-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/labour-minister-buthelezi-rich-people-to-pay-tax-plus-scholarships-for-their-children","title":{"rendered":"LABOUR MINISTER BUTHELEZI: \u2018Rich&#8217; people to pay tax plus scholarships for their children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>Phila Buthelezi, the Minister of Labour and Social Security says children whose parents are employed and wealthy won\u2019t be awarded scholarships by Government.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Addressing journalists during a press conference held in Mbabane on Thursday, the Minister further mentioned that Government would spend E241 million towards tertiary level scholarships in the current financial year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA further expenditure of an additional E241 million to cater for ongoing scholarship awards is projected bringing the total to E680 million for this year. 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