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Almost 1.5million pupils in Limpopo schools could not have meals and more than 10000 were left stranded without transport on the first day of schools reopening on Wednesday.

The council was reacting to reports that schools in many parts of Limpopo did not have books, furniture and other learning materials.

This follows reports that the provincial department of education had failed to order books by the deadline in September last year.

SACC general secretary Mautji Pataki said the council found it "inexcusable that the material that was supposed to have reached the schools had not been delivered when schools reopened".

"In this embarrassing instance communities, pupils and teachers must refuse to be drawn into a mudslinging exercise that seeks to apportion blame to the national Department of Education, which also took over the administration of Limpopo in December when books could have long been ordered," he said.

Learning and teaching for grade 10 pupils could also not take place after the provincial department of education failed to order books in time for the newly introduced Curriculum Assessment Policy Statement for pupils in grades 1, 2, 3 and 10 this year.

Department of Basic Education spokesman Panyaza Lesufi has said: "It is only work books for grade 10 that were not supplied to schools. The provincial department has commissioned R700-million to purchase additional books for the new curriculum.

"But we had to communicate the budget with Treasury so that we are sure of the number of books and the budget needed before we place an order."

Lesufi said books should have been ordered between July and September last year, long before the department was put under administration.

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Fri May 24 01:04:23 SAST 2013 ::

Jan 20, 2012

Reyataz

"Almost 1.5million pupils in Limpopo schools could not have meals and more than 10000 were left stranded without transport on the first day of schools reopening on Wednesday." Any word from Malema and his low IQ ilk?
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Jan 20, 2012

MommaC

Where are the principals of these schools and why have they not addressed this?
Where is the MEC of the province and why hasn't s/he been ordered to sort it out?
Where is the Minister of Education and why isn't she all over the MEC's backside about this?
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Jan 20, 2012

Pointman

@Reyataz - maybe it was one his companies or his buddies that got the tender. How do you expect him to criticize - you mad or what.

The bunglers know that they will collect their salaries until "jesus comes" - so why take their jobs seriously and worry about a nuisance like our kids education stomachs.
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Jan 20, 2012

Pointman

@MommaC - you are asking these people to work? Your expectations are too high - they are not used to doing things like this. Organise a bash to celebrate something then you will get a performance.
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Jan 20, 2012

MommaC

Pointman,

I am getting so sick and tired of the lack of responsibility and accountability.
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Jan 20, 2012

MommaC

There is a lovely anecdote about Mrs Johnson-Sirleaf.

Whilst working late in her office, the cleaner came in. It is pretty common knowledge that she likes to know the people who work with her so the President and the Cleaner would often chat. That evening, the cleaner was telling Mrs Johnson Sirleaf about a call she had from her sister. Apparently, her sister mentioned that the nephew's school didn't have their books yet.

Apparently, Mrs Johnson-Sirleaf immediately phoned her minister of education and forced her to drive (in her own car) to the warehouse, collect the required books and have them at the school before start of school the next day. The fact that it was almost 2am at the time was of no consequence in her life.

How I wish that SOMEONE in our government gave even half that much of a damn
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Jan 20, 2012

Balobedu

We are tired the way anc is running our country. I think it is high time to flush them. 17 years has passed without any sign of service delivery. anc is tired and old. It is time for service delivery. SA is attacked by group of maffias and thugs(anc). I urge all SA to reconsider their votes in the next elections in order to get service delivery. No service delivery, no vote. Let's try DA and see if they can't take us to a promised land. the old has failed. Viva DA viva
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Jan 20, 2012

sekhebereshe

ok...Mautji Pataki ....your recognized...now go back to whatever you were doing all this while...since when church organization Intervene with issues like this.
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Jan 20, 2012

amlaga

This story ties in well with the Limpopo gov. being bankrupt, the money was stolen by the corrupt Prov. ANC gov, living their children illiterate!
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Jan 20, 2012

Ndabza

We are tired the way anc is running our country. I think it is high time to flush them. 17 years has passed without any sign of service delivery. anc is tired and old. It is time for service delivery. SA is attacked by group of maffias and thugs(anc). I urge all SA to reconsider their votes in the next elections in order to get service delivery. No service delivery, no vote. Let's try DA and see if they can't take us to a promised land. the old has failed. Viva DA viva
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We are not tire of the ANC as the organisation.... We are tired of the rotten f.u.k.e.n potatoes in the movement...The every idiots that must be removed from our beautiful organisation
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