Barely a month after President Cyril Ramaphosa ordered the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to probe serious maladministration allegations in the Eastern Cape Rural Development Agency, including a R19.2bn tilapia fish farming project on the Wild Coast, the agency is now being hauled to court in a dispute over the placement of its staff into a new organigram.
Governing body says R138k per month building is unsuitable for schooling
The governing body of this school is unhappy with the R138,000 a month rental for a building they say is unsuitable for the Buffalo City Inner City Primary School in East London. Photo: Johnnie Isaac
On Monday parents shut down Buffalo City Inner City Primary School demanding better premises.
The SGB claim the rental rocketed from R30,000 to R120,000 plus VAT per month when the Eastern Cape department of education took over the lease.
They say the building is too small for the 300 learners and teachers.
The department says the rental runs until December when the school will move to the Grens Primary School building.
Disgruntled parents shut down primary school over inflated rent
Parents shut down Buffalo City Inner City Primary School over what they claim is an inflated lease agreement for an unsuitable property.
On Monday a group of parents shut down Buffalo City Inner City Primary School in East London in protest over what they claim is an inflated lease agreement for an unsuitable property. They say the building in Regent Street, Eureka, is too small for 300 learners and teachers.
GroundUp has seen the lease between the Department of Education and property owner Griff Hawkins of Triplejay commencing 1 May 2021.
At R120 000 per month plus VAT, parents say that the department is not getting value for money. The rental rocketed by R90,000 when the education department signed the lease, says Chairperson of the 2020 school governing body (SGB) Zandi Ngqekeza. The rental excludes electricity, water and municipal services.