The Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Eric Molale is caught between a rock and hard place as all eyes are on him and succumbing to pressure to deal with the crisis besieging the COVID-19 food basket initiative as funds allocated for it are already depleted. The controversial food aid was allocated P114 million but the minister is shocked that the coffers were exhausted quickly while distribution of food packages still lags behind. Molale is said to have ordered investigations into dealings by some councils over their processes when handling the food distribution funds owing to allegations of corruption by some politicians. Molale recently sent a warning to councilors not to meddle in Social Workers’ job. During a joint media briefing with Molale on Thursday, the Coordinator of Covid-19 Food Relief Gabriel Seeletso revealed that food distribution has been tainted by crisis in many councils countrywide.He revealed that the P 114 million pula budget that has been set aside for the programme has been used up, which creates more challenges but said they are assessing the delays. “We anticipated that the money will be enough to cover the process for the next three months. 487 047 households visited by…