MEC criticised for delay in provision of drug testing kits to northern areas schools

Eastern Cape education MEC Fundile Gade has been criticised for his department’s failure to deliver essential drug testing kits to schools in the northern areas.

In the department’s Internal Question Paper (IQP) report published in November 2022, Gade highlighted 14 Nelson Mandela Bay schools, 11 in the northern areas, which the department identified as “hotspot schools” for substance abuse...

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