Service providers have taken the Gauteng education department to court to halt the appointment of 49 new contractors, claiming that some companies have been deregistered, while others are not tax-compliant or are even non-existent.
The governing party will deploy more of its top leaders to assist in both provinces
The KwaZulu-Natal education department has delayed handing over tender documents to the Special Investigating Unit
The provincial education department has delayed handing over tender documents to the SIU since February
AmaZulu Football Club director Manzini Zungu was awarded the sole tender to feed 2.4 million children at mostly no-fee schools
Advocacy group Equal Education says Minister Angie Motshekga and MECs must tell court why they shouldn’t be jailed or fined for contempt over failures of the national school nutrition programme during the pandemic
The latest Child Gauge review highlights malnutrition eats away at their potential and drives a cycle of poverty.
About four in five learners in the country’s poorest schools rely on the one meal they receive at school, but they weren’t able to get it for more than four months, during which child hunger increased because of the pandemic
Equal Education wants the court to get the basic education department to feed all learners who qualify for the programme, including those who are not back at school
Feeding schemes inundated with requests to assist during Covid-19 lockdown