(a) (i) The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Education Department made commitment that all learners in the affected schools and districts will be provided with meals as per the feeding calendar. The Department further deployed a team of National School Nutrition Programme officials between 25-29 September 2017 to visit districts and schools to assess the state of the alleged non-feeding. In all schools visited, there was feeding.
(ii) The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Education Department requested the service providers with capacity to apply food items to areas where there was no feeding.
(b) The director-General has requested the Head of the Department in KwaZulu-Natal province to respond on all the above issues. The responses will be made available as soon as the province has responded in writing.