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KwaZulu-Natal Education Department Under Fire for Repeated Non-Payment of School Nutrition Service Providers

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 KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education has agocome under fire from the school nutrition service providers who are demanding long overdue payments for feeding two million learners in the province.  They have accused the department, led by MEC Sipho Hlomuka, of repeatedly failing to pay for services rendered as part of the National School Nutrition Programme… Continue reading KwaZulu-Natal Education Department Under Fire for Repeated Non-Payment of 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 the irregular appointment of an underqualified ANC cadre as a government official in 2020. This happened during his Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) MEC tenure. Gcaleka also instructed KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli to act against Hlomuka for engineering Mncedisi… Continue reading Public Protector Scolds KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Approving Irregular Appointment of Underqualified ANC Cadre

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

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 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

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 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

Unpaid KwaZulu-Natal Schools Nutrition Service Providers Face Black Christmas

BAD PAYER: Kwazulu-Natal Education MEC Sipho Hlomuka's department has allegedly not paid school nutrition service providers. Photo: KZN DoE

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… Continue reading Unpaid KwaZulu-Natal Schools Nutrition Service Providers Face Black Christmas

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