Lottery’s promise of toilets leaves a nasty smell

It called the report “frivolous” and “mischievous” and said it was part of a personal crusade to “tarnish the image” of the NLC.

The metadata in the presentation shows it was created on 4 March by Zibsifusion director Liesl Moses, two days after Joseph submitted questions about the projects to the NLC. The last edit on the document was done on 25 March by Marubini Ramatsekisa, three days after the NLC’s press release attacking Groundup’s report.

And when the reporters returned to the school a few days later to investigate further, deputy SGB chairperson Robert Ngobeni said that they were unaware of any money donated by Lottery to build toilets,. Nthabalala Primary School has about 150 learners who use pit toilets. The principal referred questions to the SGB chairperson Elisa Rambuda, who said she knew nothing about the proposed toilets.

“Facilities at Ncheleleng and Tibanefontein schools, which previously used pit latrines, were handed over to the School Governing Body , principals, and learners who expressed gratitude to the Commission for this contribution that will change their daily experiences,” said the NLC’s Mafela afterwards in a press statement. A single photo of a completed ablution block, supposedly taken at one of the schools, was supplied with the NLC’s press release.

During the press conference at Waterval, the NLC’s Mafela was asked about the invitation sent to the media, stating that toilets would be handed over at the three schools. Just a day earlier Mafela, in an interview with a local radio station, said that toilets would be handed over at Waterval.“Today we came here and inspected the facilities that we have funded and we agreed with the SGB, the headmaster and members of the community that the result of what we funded is not what we expected.

After an investigation into the controversy surrounding Lesley Ramulifho was aired on Carte Blanche recently, the NLC issued a press release attempting to justify the grants made to Dinosys and Zibsifusion.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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