Department of Basic Education transferred R200m to Rand Water for emergency water

Johannesburg - The Department of Basic Education has so far transferred only R200 million to the Rand Water for provision of emergency water to more than 3 000 schools, head of department Mathanzima Mweli said on Tuesday.

He explained that R600m was allocated to the Basic Education Department and that it has to account for the funds."Before we transfer the R400m we have to satisfy ourselves that every cent of the R200m tranche is accounted for," he said. The report showed that out of 2 624 tanks to be delivered, only 1 846 were actually delivered, which translated to 70%.

Eastern Cape has 648 tanks filled with water, Free State 87, Gauteng 67, 931 in KwaZulu-Natal, 400 in Limpopo, 457 in Mpumalanga, 263 in North West, 95 in Northern Cape.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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