The SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) in the Eastern Cape and education minister Angie Motshekga could be heading for a collision over the mooted centralisation of the national school nutrition programme budget, which it says is likely to be reintroduced in the province in 2024.
As almost 100,000 Eastern Cape matric pupils sat for the start of their final exams on Monday, the SA Democratic Teachers Union has called on the provincial department of education to ensure examinations ran smoothly.
An unemployed East London parent has told of the painful sight of pupils returning home from school to sleep on empty stomachs after a delay in the national school nutrition programme (NSNP) left many without their only meal of the day.