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"Nowhere in this report is any determination or insinuation made on the ability of MEC for education Dickson Masemola, to lead this department," Masemola's spokesman, Pat Kgomo, said in a statement.

The department was "appalled at and disappointed" by a statement by Mark Heywood of NGO Section27, which had obtained a court order to force the department to deliver the textbooks.

Heywood said at a press conference on Tuesday: "It is very clear from this and other reports that the Limpopo education [department] is rotten, riven with corruption, and incapable of meeting its constitutional obligation to learners."

He also called for Masemola to be fired. This call was echoed by the Democratic Alliance and Cosatu.

DA spokeswoman Desiree van der Walt said: "The Metcalfe Report released [on Monday] on the textbooks debacle in Limpopo now places it beyond any doubt that education MEC Masemola is not fit for the office he holds."

Section27 had called the press conference to release the findings of an investigation into the textbook delivery situation by former education director-general Mary Metcalfe.

She had been asked by Section27 and the department of basic education to be the independent authority who would verify the state of textbook delivery to schools serving Grades 1 to 3 and Grade 10 pupils in the province at June 27 in compliance with a court order.

The court order was obtained by the Centre for Applied Legal Studies acting on behalf of Section27, Hanyani Thomo Secondary School, and Tondani Lydia Masiphephethu for the delivery of the books and a catch-up plan for Grade 10s.

According to Metcalfe's report the department had not delivered 98% of books by the deadline of June 27 as it had claimed.

"Metcalfe's report shows that on June 27 only 15% of the books had been delivered to schools. By July 3 this had increased to 48%," Heywood said.

Besides Metcalfe's report, two other investigations are under way.

A presidential task team and the Limpopo government are conducting their own investigations into the matter, which had been accompanied by reports of textbook dumping and irregular ordering and tender processes. - Sapa

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Jul 18, 2012

Bcauseofanc

Why should he stay under this cloud!I blame anc for each and every illiterate child in limpopo and high fail rate.
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Jul 18, 2012

MorenaWaPolelo

Mara tseding tsona ke masepaasepasepasepasepa!!!! How can you be in the second half of the year and still sum schools do not have text books what is the Youth League sayig about this? And Dicksen what is your job????
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Jul 18, 2012

Kgaoza606

Everybody has been up and running in the Limpopo textbooks saga except for the head of the household, the corrupt premier Castle Mathale. I don't even remember him adressing this mess that's right at his door stepn but I guess he is one of the main course of this crisis as he was busy running after tenders and neglected his core responsibilities. Nxt to be fired should be him, followed by Angie Motshekga, period... Happy birthday Madiba!!!!
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Jul 18, 2012

1tsotsi

Kgaoza606
Everybody has been up and running in the Limpopo textbooks saga except for the head of the household, the corrupt premier Castle Mathale. I don't even remember him adressing this mess that's right at his door stepn but I guess he is one of the main course of this crisis as he was busy running after tenders and neglected his core responsibilities. Nxt to be fired should be him, followed by Angie Motshekga, period... Happy birthday Madiba!!!!
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How should Mathale adress the situation when the department has been taken over by the national which appointed its own people? I doubt if you understand the concert behind not interferance, Mathale is the Head of the entire province not a department, Masemola is the MEC, whom powers were taken away from him, the blame should be on the Leader of the national intervention, also why is zuma quite about the Edusolution matter? Is it coz its linked to him? Please know your story before commenting.. Someone who is corruptis a person who has been tried in court or theres a corruption case against6 them, or maybe you dont know the meaning of corruption.
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Jul 18, 2012

ZolaB

Dickson Masemola did and knew 30% of his job.Not doing and knowing 70% of your job is a PASS mark in the ANC.So why only call for his axing when the whole class has same pass?
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Jul 18, 2012

ZolaB

1tsotsi Please get hold of a dictionary and look under C for meaning of corrupt.There are many people who are corrupt who were never tried in court or had a case against them.
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Jul 18, 2012

1tsotsi

ZolaB
1tsotsi Please get hold of a dictionary and look under C for meaning of corrupt.There are many people who are corrupt who were never tried in court or had a case against them.
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Fortunately in SA we have courts and a constitution, we dont work on public opinion when it come to laws, So i take it you didnt know that. I dont buy your BS, Why if according to you those people have never got any warrant of arrest? Please, its Mandela day today, dont spoil it with your low thinking, Take 67 minutes to think clearly.
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Jul 18, 2012

ZolaB

1tsotsi Wasnt it about the meaning of corrupt/corruption and not the law?I think its this 30%.Try getting 67% just for today.
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Jul 18, 2012

Idohl

Mathale will always protect his own. We have'nt forgotten about the mafia issue. Now evidence is presenting itself. We are not surprised.
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Jul 18, 2012

1tsotsi

ZolaB
1tsotsi Wasnt it about the meaning of corrupt/corruption and not the law?I think its this 30%.Try getting 67% just for today.
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I guess its logic, if you have a case against someone then the law should take its cause, dealing with corruptiuon means that the law must be used... Guess its true that sometimes common sense is not always common to some(you).. Aleast just try for your own self to use your sense, and stop with this non-sense.
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