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Motshekga moved to Limpopo at the beginning of the month.

Her spokesman Panyaza Lesufi said yesterday: "We have realised that the problems are deeper than we anticipated. We thought we were working with cash flow problems of one year but it turns out the problems date back to at least 2004."

Lesufi said the department did not have the power to fire people accused of mismanagement and corruption.

"We have to work through these people. The rot is not only in district and provincial departments but at schools.

"We have to follow the law. That is why we've asked the National Prosecuting Authority and Special Investigating Unit to investigate and charge people criminally."

Lesufi said when Motshekga moved to Limpopo she "came up with a three-pronged solution".

"The first part was to satisfy school needs. Every quarter schools receive money for things like water and electricity. Schools did not receive the money so we had to make sure they got the money."

The other thing the minister looked into was the curriculum, specifically the catch-up plan and ensuring that teachers are trained in the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement.

"The last point is ensuring that corruption is investigated. This includes suppliers and people who work within the department."

Lesufi said Siloe School for the Blind in Thokgwaneng near Lebowakgomo had still not received textbooks.

Section 27's Nikkie Stein said the organisation still planned on taking the department back to court. - monamat@sowetan.co.za

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Sun May 19 05:28:52 SAST 2013 ::

Aug 24, 2012

RobinH

Duck, dive, duck, dive......... on and on the bullsh!t shower goes.

"the department did not have the power to fire people accused of mismanagement and corruption." WHAT NONSENSE! You're just scared of allienating a few cadres and losing votes for Daddy Jakes.


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Aug 24, 2012

MommaC

Beat that, Trevor Noah !

The levels of incompetence and the lack of anything vaguely resembling accountability is just astounding.
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Aug 24, 2012

Pointman

We have a disaster with long lasting damage but nobody has been fired. That says it all.
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Aug 24, 2012

Mamelodian

The problem started in 2004 and you only realise it now? You are right you shouldn't fire anyone for mismanagement when you yourself are mismanaging important issues.

Again the problem is not that the books are not being ordered but rather that they are not delivered. What's the point of ordering them and putting them in a store room or a landfill site?
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Aug 24, 2012

RobinH

Keith Richards must have had this useless woman in mind when he wrote this:

Angie, Angie
When will those clouds all disappear?
Angie, Angie
Where will it lead us from here?
With no loving in our souls
And no money in our coats
You can't say we're satisfied
But Angie, Angie
You can't say we never tried

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Aug 24, 2012

THEmadame2B-BBEE

Training teachers who are from the generation of OBE, Curriculum 2005.....who have been taught by the Ancestors of the Bantu education, aren't SA going in reverse,

it will be extremely difficult and ambitious using a “catch-up” plan to a school that kids are suffering from malnutrition and a very high dreadful social stratification (example, poor and abusive homes)
.............
OMG,
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Aug 24, 2012

RobinH

THEmadame - not to mention them having no books. I really don't know what Angie smokes, but it must be high quality skunk.
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Aug 24, 2012

MOKOPANEDUDE

Our govt got very serious problem when coming to discipline cos they r friends and that cause us south africans to always remain poor and they be richer cos if our kids don't get better education we r nothing so if they can't learn that service delivery mus'nt b sacrificed based on friendship we r going the same economic route as Zimbabwe
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Aug 24, 2012

Lehido

hehehehehhe...The problem dates back to 23004?..Really?..if you dont blame apartheid, its the previous minister...This is sh!t
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Aug 24, 2012

LELAU

i am personally from limpopo what u r see on the papers is nothing compared to what is actualy happening the more someone is corrupt the more he/she is rewarded with better position and the whistle blower get the chop u can aske a general manger of finance he alerted angie and he is now jobless as we speak. the unfortunate part is the price is being paid by the learners. maybe the electorate might open their eyes. we cannot be in a situation where the government/ruling party held our people at ransom.
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