RELIEF AS GOVT FINALLY DELIVERS FOOD TO 21 SCHOOLS

EZULWINI – Somnjalose High School pupils offloading bags of maize, beans, peanut butter and cooking oil from a government truck on the first day of food delivery since the crisis in the country’s schools. (Pics: Sibusiso Shange)

MBABANE – Sheer joy was written on the faces of pupils and head teachers as government finally delivered food to 21 schools yesterday.

The joy did not only remain at the schools, but also extended to Principal Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Education and Training Pat Muir and the ministry’s officials who were having sleepless nights because of the food crisis which had hit most schools this second term.

Heavy pressure had been mounted on government by various stakeholders to stick to its mandate of ensuring that schools had food to feed the pupils.

Indeed, government acted swiftly in ensuring that by the end of the week, food supplies were already being delivered to schools.
The delivery of the food will continue this morning as the ministry has ensured that today most of the schools in the Lubombo region will get theirs.

The delivery in some schools yesterday also meant that government was able to meet the five working days ultimatum which was given to it by Members of Parliament (MPs) following a motion that was moved by Lugongolweni MP Joseph Souza calling for government to address the situation immediately.

The items consisted of mealie meal, rice, beans, peanut butter and cooking oil, which were delivered to some of the schools yesterday. The food came in 50kg bags of mealie meal, beans and 25 and 10 litres of cooking oil and peanut butter, respectively. 

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