UNgqongqoshe weMfundo eyisiSekelo, uNksz Siviwe Gwarube, uzibophezele ekulungiseni izinkinga nokuqeda inkohlakalo ohlelweni lokuphakelwa kwabafundi ezikoleni zaseKwaZulu-Natal (KZN). Lokhu kulandela izikhalazo eziphathelene nokungakhokhelwa ngesikhathi kwabahambisa ukudla ezikoleni.
UNksz Gwarube uchaze ukuthi wathatha isinqumo sokumisa ithenda ka-R9.8 billion yokuphakela izikole ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi abafundi bazothola ukudla nsuku zonke futhi kungabikho lutho oluzophazamisa uhlelo. Uthe imizamo yokulwa nenkohlakalo izoqinisa lolu hlelo futhi ihlose ukunciphisa izinkinga ezikhona eKZN naseGauteng.
Uphinde wagxeka ukuthi akunakwenzeka ukuthi umuntu oyedwa aphakele abafundi abangu-9.7 million, wathi kufanele kube nohlelo oluhlinzeka umphakathi wonke hhayi umuntu oyedwa kuphela.
UNksz Gwarube uphinde wathembisa ukuthi uhlelo lokuqeda amathoyilethi omgodi ezikoleni luzophela ngoMashi 2025, njengoba sekuhlangatshezwana nezidingo eziningi ngaphambilini. Uqinisekise amalungu ePhalamende ukuthi banakekela inkinga futhi bazoqinisekisa ukuthi izikole ezinendawo ezingafanele ziyalungiswa.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uphinde wachitha imibiko ethi uhulumeni wehlisa isibalo sothisha eWestern Cape, wagcizelela ukuthi inkinga yemali isaxoxwa noMgcinimafa futhi izinhlelo zokuhlanganisa izikole zihlala zixoxiswana nomphakathi ngaphambi kokuthatha isinqumo.