Durban -The IFP has called on KwaZulu-Natal Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube to release the investigation report into the KZN school feeding scheme debacle that saw many children going hungry in April.
The provincial government was left red faced earlier this year, after thousands of schools were unable to function properly as food was not delivered to schools. Many schools had to release pupils early because they were hungry and could not concentrate.
The problem emerged after the department had changed the process of delivering food to schools. It had previously appointed suppliers close to schools who would then buy supplies and provide it to the schools. But under the new contract, it appointed one main supplier and there were logistical challenges regarding supplies getting to schools.
“In May, while addressing members of the KZN Provincial Legislature during a special sitting to mark Africa Day, Premier Dube-Ncube, said the government had instituted an investigation into the matter, after schoolchildren went without food for days in April,” the IFP said.
It said it was almost four months later and the premier had said nothing on the matter or provided an update on the progress that had been made.
‘She must break her silence. The IFP challenges her to release the report. The IFP continues to maintain that there must be consequence management and that the KZN MEC for Education, Mbali Frazer, must be held accountable for this debacle.
“For the first time in history, children in KZN were left to starve. During the tenure of the erstwhile KwaZulu government, there was not a single day where learners were left without food,.