The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education has reverted to its previous service providers to supply food for the National School Nutrition Programme in the province.
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education has reverted to its previous service providers to supply food for the National School Nutrition Programme in the province.
This after Pancia Retail, which won the bulk of the contract to provide meals for nearly all schools in the province, backed out of the deal on Wednesday. "We have since requested our schools and service providers to collaborate over the weekend, so come Tuesday, all our pupils are fed," said department spokesperson Muzi Mahlambi.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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