The honourable Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga will open the newly completed Nobantu Primary School in the Mthatha district in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday, 22 May 2013.
The school forms a part of the first batch of 49 mud schools identified and planned for replacement through a Service Delivery Agreement with the Development Bank Southern Africa (DBSA), as part of the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Development Initiative (ASIDI). ASIDI aims to eradicate all mud schools and inappropriate structures, as well refurbish dilapidated and ill equipped schools. According to the ASIDI National Outputs plan 2011-2014, there will be an eradication and replacement of 496 mud schools, provision of water and sanitation to 1 257 schools and electricity to 878 schools.
The opening of this newly built school follows the official handover of among others Mphathiswa Senior Primary School (Libode) and Dakhile Junior Secondary School (Lusikisiki) by the President Jacob Zuma and Minister Motshekga, as part of the government’s commitment to eradicate inappropriately built structures in the Eastern Cape and other parts of the country.
Members of the media are invited to as follows:
Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Time: 6h30 for 07h00
Venue: Nobantu Primary School, Mthatha district
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S 31.8554° |
S 31° 51' 19.44" |
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E 28.5808° |
E 28° 34' 50.88" |
28° 34.848' |
RSVP:
Terence Khala
Cell: 071 701 6837
E-mail: khala.t@dbe.gov.za/terencekhala@gmail
