KZN Education MEC Sipho Hlomuka
SADTU, EFF Raise Alarms Over Failure to Deliver Textbooks in KZN Schools Ahead of Opening Day
The South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in KwaZulu-Natal…
KwaZulu-Natal Education Department Under Fire for Repeated Non-Payment of School Nutrition Service Providers
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education has agocome under fire from the school nutrition service providers…
Public Protector Scolds KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Approving Irregular Appointment of Underqualified ANC Cadre
The Public Protector Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka has scolded KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC Sipho Hlomuka for approving…
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…
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 stop misleading the public on the matter in a scathing statement on Tuesday, 28 January 2025. That was in response to a statement the department…
Unpaid KwaZulu-Natal Schools Nutrition Service Providers Face Black Christmas
Hundreds of service providers contracted to the national schools nutrition programme in KwaZulu-Natal face a black Christmas after the province’s department of education allegedly failed to pay them for December. The non-payment led to the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) Service Providers Association writing to Premier Thami Ntuli to intervene. The payments were supposed to be received last week Friday. However, the association said that had not happened by Monday, 23 December. “I write to bring to your urgent attention…