KZN education dept withdraws Zungu’s R2.1 billion food tender

KZN – The KwaZulu-Natal Education Department says it will not use a middleman when it awards tenders to feed impoverished learners. This follows businessman Manzini Zungu and his company Pacina Retail’s failure to supply over 5,000 schools in the province with food during March, despite receiving a R2.1 billion tender in November last year. A provincial Education spokesperson said that service providers will now deal with the schools directly.