In the wake of a scandal about the non-delivery of food to about 5,400 schools in KwaZulu-Natal, former education MEC Kwazi Mshengu has come forward to clear his name.
Mshengu on Tuesday said a narrative has been generated that the idea of appointing a single service provider for the school nutrition programme, which has been credited for the sudden collapse of the multibillion-rand feeding scheme, was his idea while still MEC.
The single-service provider system came into effect after Mshengu's tenure at the department. Mshengu has since written to both the government and the ANC for an audience to prove he had no hand in the scandal. “I have written to the premier of the province and the minister of education to request to make representations before the teams they have appointed to undertake investigations about this fiasco. I have also written to the ANC provincial secretary to request a similar platform.
“The facts and evidence I intend to adduce will prove that the current system of NSNP is materially different, both in form and content, to the concept that was approved by the provincial executive council under the leadership of former premier Zikalala and was subject to the final approval by the national department of basic education,” Mshengu said.
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