The Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Ms Rejoice Mabudafhasi, MP, will lead the Mandela Month activities at Siloe School for the Blind on Friday, 26 July 2013, in Thokwaneng village, Polokwane.
Executive Mayor of the City of Polokwane, Cllr. Freddy Greaver and Executive Mayor of Capricorn District Municipality, Cllr Lawrence Mapoulo will join the Deputy Minister during the Mandela Month activities.
The theme for Mandela Month 2013 is “Take Action, Inspire Change. Make everyday a Mandela Day”.
Deputy Minister Mabudafhasi adopted Siloe School for the Blind in honour of the world icon and father of our nation, Tata Mandela. The school caters for 150 blind, partially sighted and deaf-blind pupils, with 23 educators and 30 support staff.
Upon adoption of the school, Deputy Minister Mabudafhasi commissioned a needs assessment wherein it was established that the school is in dire need of several resources that would make teaching and learning take place in a more conducive environment.
The Deputy Minister will hand over the following donations/items: R165 000, 35 beds, mattresses and bedding, 30 study desks, kitchen trolleys, 2 television sets and two DVD players, industrial washing machine, 200 spoons and plates, 20 wheelie bins, 200 blankets and 28 steel tables, a permaculture food garden sponsored by Woolworths, Lepelle Northern Water pledged to do water connections and rehabilitate boreholes in the school yard, the provincial Departments of Education and Agriculture pledged to donate paint and trees, respectively. Other partners include Rand Water, Lepelle Northern Water, Sasol, MTN, SANParks, Coca Cola Polokwane and Eskom.
Amongst other activities of the day, the Deputy Minister will participate in the cleaning, tree planting, fixing of broken windows and cupboards, as well as painting of the school.
Details of the Mandela Month activities are as follows:
Date: 26 July 2013
Venue: Siloe School for the Blind, Thokwaneng village, Polokwane
Time: 10h00
For RSVP, contact:
Ernest Mulibana
Tel: 021 405 9439
Cell: 082 263 7372
E-mail: EMulibana@environment.gov.za
Xolani Ngqoshela
Cell: 074 668 0924
Tel: 012 310 3078
E-mail: XNgqoshela@environment.gov.za
For media enquiries, contact:
Peter Mbelengwa, Spokesperson for Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs
Cell: 082 611 8197
E-mail: mbelengwap@dwa.gov.za
