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Eastern Cape education MEC Fundile Gade has warned that decentralising procurement of stationery and nutrition for schools could cause more harm than good, urging his department’s officials to guard against rogue elements.
A Gauteng education official has been shot, more than three months after another was gunned down in similar circumstances, the the department confirmed on Thursday.
The Eastern Cape education department says preparations to supply schools with textbooks and stationery for 2024 are well under way and it is targeting to wrap up delivery by the end of November.
SA’s largest teacher union has sounded the alarm on another looming disaster for no-fee schools in the province, saying their 2024 book and stationery delivery hangs in the balance despite a court ruling.