Despite pleas from the school’s governing body for assistance, the Municipality has remained firm in its stance.
While they have offered to supply 5000-litre JoJo tanks to the school, they are demanding a payment of R750 per tank for water refills, a cost that places further strain on already stretched school resources.
ActionSA believes that the grand coalition government in KwaZulu-Natal is failing its people.
The failure of leaders to engage constructively and address these critical issues is evident in this impasse, which has dire consequences for the education and well-being of our learners. It is unacceptable that the future of our children is jeopardized by bureaucratic wrangling and unpaid debts between government entities.
We have formally written to KZN Premier, Mr Thami Ntuli, urging his immediate intervention to coordinate the efforts of all relevant departments to resolve this crisis.
It is imperative that the ANC-led Department of Education and the IFP-led Zululand District Municipality put aside political differences and work together to restore water supplies to our schools.Both parties, as part of the grand coalition, share the responsibility to ensure that our children have access to essential services, such as water, to facilitate uninterrupted learning.
ActionSA calls on the provincial government to prioritise the needs of our learners and ensure that such failures in basic service delivery do not recur.
The education of our children cannot be held hostage by administrative failures.
ActionSA Writes to KZN Premier Over School Closures Amid Admin Issues Between DoE and Zululand District Municipality
ActionSA expresses deep discontent and concern over the recent decision by the Zululand District Municipality to cease water provision to schools in Ulundi, including Imbilane High School, due to the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education’s failure tosettle outstanding debts.
This decision has left hundreds of learners, including matric students, without access to water, resulting in the disruption of education for two consecutive weeks.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Imbilane High School was among those supplied with water tankers by the Municipality, with the understanding that the Department of Education would cover the costs.
However, it has come to light that the Department has not fulfilled its financial obligations, leading the Municipality to halt water supplies. This unfortunate situation has been compounded by the fact that the school’s borehole, which it relied on after the tanker supplies ceased, has now run dry.
The Zululand District Municipality’s refusal to supply water, citing the outstanding debt, highlights a lack of coordination and cooperation between government departments, which is failing the children of our province.
Despite pleas from the school’s governing body for assistance, the Municipality has remained firm in its stance.
While they have offered to supply 5000-litre JoJo tanks to the school, they are demanding a payment of R750 per tank for water refills, a cost that places further strain on already stretched school resources.
ActionSA believes that the grand coalition government in KwaZulu-Natal is failing its people.
The failure of leaders to engage constructively and address these critical issues is evident in this impasse, which has dire consequences for the education and well-being of our learners. It is unacceptable that the future of our children is jeopardized by bureaucratic wrangling and unpaid debts between government entities.
We have formally written to KZN Premier, Mr Thami Ntuli, urging his immediate intervention to coordinate the efforts of all relevant departments to resolve this crisis.
It is imperative that the ANC-led Department of Education and the IFP-led Zululand District Municipality put aside political differences and work together to restore water supplies to our schools.Both parties, as part of the grand coalition, share the responsibility to ensure that our children have access to essential services, such as water, to facilitate uninterrupted learning.
ActionSA calls on the provincial government to prioritise the needs of our learners and ensure that such failures in basic service delivery do not recur.
The education of our children cannot be held hostage by administrative failures.