BREAKING NEWS – DA pickets at MEC Kgetjepe’s office, demands resignation

Democratic Alliance (DA) Limpopo Premier Candidate Jacques Smalle and a crowd of supporters picketed in Biccard Street outside the office of Education MEC, Ishmael Kgetjepe this morning (Thursday), demanding Kgetjepe’s immediate resignation.
The DA is adamant that Kgetjepe should vacate his office after allegations that he received approximately R1,6 million from Mvula Trust who won a tender multi-million rand tender to build toilets at Limpopo schools as part of the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Development Initiative.
Addressing the picketers, Smalle said the money could have been used to build toilets at 20 of the 2 136 schools in the province whose learners are still exposed to pit latrines. “Today, right now, we have five schools that have no access to sanitation facilities,” Smalle said.
Department of Education Spokesperson Sam Makhondo said that he was aware of the picketing and that it is the right of anybody to do so.

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