ANC apologises for 'hiccup' as 5,400 KZN schools go without food

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The statement comes after an outcry over non-delivery of food to about 5,400 schools in the province which has put the department in the crosshairs of the education portfolio committee in the province.

ANC KZN secretary Bheki Mtolo has directed education MEC Mbali Frazer to announce 'radical measures to ensure delivery of food to schools' when she presents the department's budget on Thursday. File photo.The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has apologised to pupils, parents and stakeholders for “hiccups” associated with the delivery of food to schools as part of the national school nutrition programme.

On Tuesday, ANC provincial secretary Bheki Mtolo directed education MEC Mbali Frazer to announce “radical measures to ensure delivery of food to schools” when she delivers the department's budget vote on Thursday. The criticism for the blunder made headlines on Monday when other political parties, including the DA, raised concerns and demanded an answer for the “collapse” of the multibillion-rand programme.

 

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