The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng notes that the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) MEC, Panyaza Lesufi has received the Special Investigative Unit’s (SIU) preliminary report on decontamination of Gauteng schools and demands that it must be made public to ensure transparency and accountability in dealing with identified and implicated officials. The GDE wasted more than R431 million on decontamination of schools within three months. This money could have been used to eradicate asbestos schools, and build more classrooms to reduce overcrowding. On a daily basis, so many children are having their health put at risk with the exposure to asbestos. Classroom overcrowding is also not conducive during Covid-19. If this money was spent appropriately, it would have ensured that learners are taught in a conducive learning environment where their educational development could be nurtured.
Girls aged between 10 and 14 gave birth to 934 babies in Gauteng iol.co.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iol.co.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The DA notes that 23 226 teenage pregnancies have been reported in the province from April 2020 to March 2021, which indicates a great need by the Gauteng Department of Education, Department of Social Development and Department of Health to strengthen their teenage pregnancy and sex education campaigns to conscientize our teenagers. This information was revealed by the Gauteng MEC for Health, Nomathemba Mokgethi in a written reply to my questions tabled in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature.
Gauteng records more than 23 000 teen pregnancies in one year, some moms as young as 10 news24.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news24.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The lives and livelihoods of many South Africans were put at great risk when the South African Police Service (SAPS) failed to curb the widespread incidents of looting, violence, and social unrest in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal because they are not properly trained to deal with crowd management. This is a clear indication of why looting continued in their presence and they did nothing to intervene and ensure the safety of people and their businesses.