'We have not received a single payment' - KZN company claims food delivery to schools went ahead | News24

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The company contracted by the KZN Education Department to supply the schools feeding scheme has claimed that it has not received any payment for the R2.1 billion tender.

Pacina Retail, the company contracted by the KZN Education Department to supply the National Schools Feeding programme says The company maintains that the Department of Education is still bound by the contract.

In a statement, Pacina Retail claimed the tender still belongs to them despite unfounded rumours and false claims. It added that it had not pulled out of the tender as claimed and stressed that the tender is still binding and in force. "As the contract remains in place, we are committed to fulfilling our obligation to deliver food to all the collection points and want to emphasise, at this point, that we did not terminate the contract between the parties," the company said in a statement.

 

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