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KZN Education Department rejects maggot-infested food claims, again By Sne Masuku Share DURBAN - THE Department of Education has yet again rejected allegations that pupils at Inanda’s Eziphembeleni Secondary School were served rotten food with maggots, but the findings were again not accepted by the whistle-blowers who said they had put their jobs on the line to expose this. Education spokesperson Muzi Mahlambi said the whistle-blower, Educators Union of SA (EUSA) president Scelo Bhengu, who is also a teacher at the school, had proven to be “an untrustworthy whistle-blower”. â...

The Educators Union of South Africa suggested that the department deployed properly trained and armed police reservists, sourced from the community

Teacher unions and activists have expressed concern on the new directions by the Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to allow all primary school learners to start attending school daily from July.

The whistle-blowers on the food allegedly containing maggots and being served to pupils at Eziphembeleni High School as part of the National Schools Nutrition Programme were disappointed with the manner in which the investigation was conducted

A Free State school pupil succumbed to Covid-19-related complications on Tuesday. Stock photo. Image: 123RF/Pay less images An increase in Covid-19 infections at schools in the Free State has claimed the life of an 18-year-old pupil in Welkom. Provincial education department spokesperson Howard Ndaba said the matric pupil was one of 11 confirmed Covid-19 cases at Lephola Secondary School in Thabong. Other pupils were still awaiting their test results. The teen tested positive on Wednesday last week after experiencing flu-like symptoms. He died just after midday on Tuesday. ...