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Investigative Committee Recommends Fresh Interviews for Principal Position After R50 000 Bribery Scandal

TAX THEM: A group of NGOs wants the super-rich to be taxed more and multinational companies to be stopped from abusing tax loopholes. Photo: iStock

A committee that was tasked with investigating allegations of bribery and corruption in the hiring of the principal of Ziphathele High School in Clermont, west of Durban, has recommended that the process be started afresh after a bribery scandal. The committee found that there was substance to allegations that one of the interview committee (IC)… Continue reading Investigative Committee Recommends Fresh Interviews for Principal Position After R50 000 Bribery Scandal

Umlazi School SGB Challenges KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education’s Decision to Appoint ‘Under Qualified’ Principal

MISLEADING THE PUBLIC: The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education, led by MEC Sipho Hlomuka, is accused of misleading the public after claiming it had paid all school nutrition service providers Photo: KZN DoE

The School Governing Board (SGB) of Bavumile Primary School in Umlazi in the south of Durban is up in arms against the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education over the appointment of a school principal. The SGB is challenging the Umlazi district’s decision to appoint Girly Mathebula as the new principal, alleging that she is under qualified.… Continue reading Umlazi School SGB Challenges KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education’s Decision to Appoint ‘Under Qualified’ Principal

KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education Threatened With Legal Action Over Unpaid Invoices

The National School Nutrition Programme Service Providers Association has instructed its lawyers to start a legal process to force the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education to pay its members outstanding money dating back last year. The demand for payments is contained in a letter the association’s legal team, from Austen Smith law firm, wrote to the… Continue reading KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education Threatened With Legal Action Over Unpaid Invoices

KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education Accused of Lying About Paying School Nutrition Service Providers

The National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) Service Providers Association is up in arms against the Department of Education in KwaZulu-Natal, accusing it of lying that it paid all service providers contracted to supply food to disadvantaged schools. Accusing MEC Sipho Hlomuka’s department of “blatant disregard for [the] truth”, the association urged the provincial government to… Continue reading KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education Accused of Lying About Paying School Nutrition Service Providers