More than 700 Eastern Cape schools closed, more to follow Restructuring process will reduce inefficiencies, department says GUGU PHANDLE > By GUGU PHANDLE - 24 May 2021 - 07:00 The Eastern Cape department of education has closed more than 700 schools and almost 400 more face closure due to the department’s restructuring and rationalisation process.
Figures seen by Sowetan s sister paper the Dispatch show that 776 schools have closed, while 394 are pending closure.
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The Eastern Cape department of education has closed more than 700 schools and almost 400 more face closure due to the department’s restructuring and rationalisation process. Figures seen by DispatchLIVE (http://www.dispatchlive.co.za) show that 776 schools have closed, while 394 are pending closure.
The Public Service Amendment Bill and the Public Administration Management Amendment Bill seek to make changes to the legislative framework governing the public service in South Africa. As presently formulated they are inadequate, but the process is in the early stages and there is still the op.
Siyamthanda uses newspapers to make fire for cooking. She only cooks once a day because of the drawn-out process. Leftover food is eaten in the morning to prevent it from becoming rotten. Nomzamo is among the few townships in Soweto that have had no electricity for the past eight months. Some residents have adapted to living without electricity. Photo: Rosetta Msimango/ City Press
The DA has called for National Treasury to be held accountable for its “lax” oversight which has led to the misappropriation of billions of rands in electricity grant funding.
The money was set aside and given to municipalities to roll out free basic electricity to indigent households in the 2019/20 financial year.
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