February | 2012 | Imfundo Eastern Cape
R26/ PER LOAF FOR SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAMME
Dear Minister/ Premier/ MEC
According to these speeches by state representatives published on online platforms, our education department has at one point paid
R26/ loaf of bread.
Details were not provided on which schools or districts but I trust that with your administrative
capacity you can conduct investigations into whether/ how this inflated pricing has affected the fiscus, and specifically, the Eastern Cape’s
own budget allocation for education over the years:
Speech by Hon Gordhan: http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page71656?oid=143683&sn=Detail
Speech by Cosatu Sec-General Zwelinzima Vavi: http://www.cosatu.org.za/show.php?ID=4089
Speech by Hon Fish Mahlalela: http://www.parliament.gov.za/content/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20SPEECH%20BY%20THE%20CHAIRPERSON%20OF%20APAC%20at%20conference.pdf
Letter, 17 February 2012, Daily Dispatch, Eastern Cape
Posted on February 23, 2012 by Imfundo Eastern Cape
Eastern Cape Citizens
We are humbled and encouraged by the overwhelming response by Eastern Cape citizens to the advertorial Open Letter which appeared in the Eastern Cape’s regional newspapers on Friday 17 February.
OPEN LETTER TO THE EASTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
This letter appeared as a sponsored advertorial in the The Herald and Daily Dispatch newspapers in the Eastern Cape on Friday 17 February.
A slightly different version of this letter was sent to the offices of Minister A. Motshekga, Premier N. Kiviet, MEC M. Makhuphula and Superintendent-General Adv. M. Mannya during the four week go-slow of January 2012.
FROM: ABAHLALI ABAKHATHAZEKILEYO
Esi sisicelo sasesidlangalaleni kubaphathi bezemfundo eMpuma Koloni, umbutho wootitshala – iSADTU – kunye nootitshala; sokuba bancede bayeke ukuphazamisa izifundo zabantwana abamnyama ezikolweni.
Asinokwazi ukuthula sibukele lenyubakaxaka yezemfundo echaphazela, kak’bi, imfundo yabantwana bethu.
Ikamva lomntwana omnyama niyalibulala botitshala. Sithumela abantwana bethu kwezizikolo zenu ngethemba lokuba niyakubakhathalela nibakokose ngemfundo. Kodwa hayi, ikamva lomntwana omnyama limfiliba ezandleni zenu.
Yenzeka njani na lonto? Abantwana benze ntoni bona sebevinjwa imfundo? Benze ntoni?
Kusenjalo, ziiveki zintlanu izikolo zivuliwe kulonyaka ka- 2012 kodwa abantwana sebezibona besengxakini yokukhutshwa ezikolweni ngenxa yengxabano phakathi kwentloko yesebe lwezemfundo eMpuma Koloni, u- Advocate Modidima Mannya, nombutho wootitshala i-South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU).
Ngokubona kwethu ibinosombhululwa ngengxoxo lengxaki, ingade ichaphazele abafundi ngesisigqibo sokuba ootitshala bangafundisi okanye baye ngokucotha emisebenzini.
Abazali, abagcini-bantwana nakunye nabahlali baseMpuma Koloni baphatheke kabuhlungu sesisiganeko kwaye abazi nokuba bangenza ntoni ngalomba ukuze bayisombhulule lengxaki. Kwiidolophu neelali zethu eMpuma Koloni abantwana bakhutshwa phambi kwexesha ezikolweni; ngentsimbi yethoba ukuya kweyeshumi elinambini ngentseni. Kwaye oko kuxhomekeke kwiinqununu nakubafundisi-ntsapho, nabathe bahamba ngokunentsa kwimisebenzi yabo.
Kuyacaca ukuba abantwana basezikolweni ezisezilokishini nasezilalini babuthwele ubunzima, kwaye lemeko ayinamtu unokuyikhusela.
Eyona nto ingumqobo kubahlali balapha eMpuma Koloni yeyokuba abazi nokuba kutheni sekunje. Abafundi babuyele ngoku ezikolweni, kodwa kungekudala ootitshala bazakufamana esinye isizathu sokuqhanqalaza, bashiye abantwana ezikolweni kwakhona.
Indima yabazali abamnyama seyafana neyeenkuku ezasikwa imilomo, ngenxa yokuhlaliswa ebumnyameni ngemiba yootitshala nezemfundo.
Iingxoxo-mpikiswano ezivakala koonomathotholo, oomabonakude nakumaphephandaba phakathi kwentloko yesebe lwezemfundo, uMannya, nakunye nesithethi se- SADTU, uMnkenceleli Ndongeni, azibonakalisi kukhanya kwesisimo semfundo yaseMpuma Koloni.
Ndlela le zihamba ngayo ezizinto, singabemi balapha eMzantsi Afrika sihlazekile, kwaye ayibukeki into yokubukela iinkokheli zethu zemfundo zixabana koonomathotholo, koomabonakude nasemaphepheni zibonakalisa ukungavisisani. Lihlazo eli!
Kuyanyanzeleka abazali nabahlali baseMpuma Koloni baphakame bakhe bayokuhlala phantsi nabatitshala babantwana babo; banyanzelise imfundiso yabantwana babo okanye bakhangele amanye amacebo emfundo ayakuthi ancede abantwana babo.
Abazali abamnyama kuyanyanzeleka bathath’inxaxheba ephangalaleyo kwizikolo zabantwana babo – babe nendima abayidlalayo ebuRhulumenteni bezikolo zabantwana babo.
Asinokwazi ukunyamezela lendlela yokuziphatha yootitshala, imibutho yabo kunye nesebe lwezemfundo.
Ukuba abakwazi ukuyisombhulula lengxaki kuyakufuneka sihlabe imibuzo yokuba: lemfundo siyinikwa nguRhulumente ingaba inexabiso na? Okanye abantu balapha abamnyama kufuneka bazenzele imfundo ephucukileyo, ngokwabo?
Siyabacela bonke abantu abayinxalenye nesisimo ukuba bazityande izazela – bakhulule abantwana kulemeko, bakwazi ukubuyela kwizifundo zabo. Makucingwe ngekamva loMzantsi Afrika.
Na xa sibheka phambili sakucela ukuba ootitshala xa benengxaki nesebe lwezemfundo bazame ngandlela zonke ukuba ingachaphazeli ikamva lomntwana omnyama. Ukubulala imfundo yomntwana kukubulala ikamva lethu sisonke bantu bantsundu!
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ESISIBHALO SIXHASWA NGABALANDELAYO: (Kwaye nabani na ofuna ukuxhasa esisibhalo wamkelekile ukusisasaza ‘de sifikelele kuninzi eMpuma Koloni)
1. Reverend Mpumelelo Qwabaza – CEO Eastern Cape Provincial Council of
2. Nomalanga Mkhize, Save Our Schools and Community
3. Reverend Theo Williams
4. Reverend Lundi Joko
5. Simphiwe Dana
6. Unathi Kondile
7. Derek Luyt
8. Zukiswa Kota
9. Farouk Abrahams
10. Xolile Madinda
11. Mpumi Bikitsha
12. Kwezi Xinwa
13. Aviwe Monti
14. Thabisa Ngada
15. Maggie Vester
16. Yolandi Garden
17. Thembelani Shoco
18. Reggie Manyakara
19. Thabisa Xhalisa
20. Songezo Zibi
21. Kate Tissington
22. Mandilakhe Dikana
23. Dumisani Mtwa
24. Sinesipho Mbusi
25. Mzuvukile Sotshanga
26. … (nabo bonke abanye abahlali abakhathazekileyo)