Question NW2883 to the Minister of Basic Education

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18 August 2015 - NW2883

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Maimane, Mr MA to ask the Minister of Basic Education

Is she aware of the situation at Metagong Primary School in Soweto in Gauteng, (a) where teachers have not been paid their monthly salaries for an extended period of time and (b) that in spite of more than R1 million that has been spent on security services for the school, the school has been vandalised numerous times since procuring the security services; if so, what steps has departmental officials taken to remedy the situation?

Reply:

(a) The Gauteng Department of Education is investigating the matter. A full response will be provided once the investigation has been completed and relevant information has been provided to the Department of Basic Education.

(b) The Provincial School Safety Coordinator (Mr Z Nkuna) has reported that the school was never vandalised whilst security was in place, the security was retracted at the end of the month of January 2015 with no reported incidents.

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