Lesufi ‘sat on’ dignity pack fraud report

Only 24% of 248 Gauteng schools received their share of the R106  million dignity packs project, which an investigation has found to have been riddled with alleged fraud, corruption and other criminal acts. 

The programme, which ran during the 2016-17 and 2017-18 financial years, was meant to provide sanitary towels and other products to “indigent girls and women who have reached puberty, commenced menstruation and who attend [no-fee-paying] schools, [and] state-owned colleges and universities”.