R400m for tablets that pupils will return in three years
The Eastern Cape education department will fork out more than R400m on leasing 55,000 tablet devices for grade 12 pupils which will be returned after three years.
Initially the contract, which the department entered into with Sizwe Africa IT Group by piggybacking on a contract the company has with the department of economic development, environmental affairs and tourism — was said to be worth R160m...
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