Lesufi labels SGBs ‘shameless’ for refusing to accommodate the homeless

The Gauteng MEC for education says this refusal is ‘unfortunate, selfish and unpatriotic’.

The MEC for education in Gauteng Panyaza Lesufi took to Twitter on Wednesday to express his disappointment at school governing bodies that refused “to open up” their schools to accommodate homeless people during the national lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus.

It’s a shame that we’ve to place fellow South Africans in tents while public assets like boarding schools are standing empty because self centred SGBs are refusing to open up schools to accommodate our people. Is it because homeless people are half human beings?

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