Police on Thursday arrested six teachers
for stealing food from the feeding scheme programme.
The teachers who are between the ages 40
and 45-years-old and who teacher at Gugulabasha Primary School in Mpumalanga allegedly loaded
food in their vehicles.
When police went to investigate they were
refused the right to do so. The police
then went to obtain a search warrant which allowed them to proceed and search
the cars.
Colonel Leonard Hlathi said they found
groceries that were stashed in the cars of the teachers and it led to the
arrest.
“It is a call that we making to all the
teachers around the country to say food meant for feeding scheme not for
teachers to take it to their houses, but you need to give it to the
impoverished communities because some of the schools were declared non school
fee,” Hlathi added.