Schäfer said the department had been told that it could not use the National School Nutrition Programme funding: “We considered this an urgent humanitarian priority as it became evident that the National Department of Social Development would not be playing the role it was supposed to.”
Acting Deputy Judge President Sulet Potterill ruled last Friday that Motshekga and eight education MECs were in breach of their constitutional duties for failing to roll out the NSNP to all eligible pupils - whether back at school or at home. Equal Education said it and the governing bodies of two Limpopo schools were represented by Equal Education Law Centre and SECTION27 in the case against Motshekga and the education MECs.Learners at Trevor Manual Primary school in Fisantekraal near Durbanville receive food parcels during lockdown. Picture: Henk Kruger/African News Agency .