The Gauteng MEC for Education Ms Barbara Creecy will on Monday, 8 August 2011 join the Blue Bulls rugby union in Hammanskraal to encourage learners to stay away from drugs.
The Blue Bulls will introduce about 4 000 learners from the five Tshwane districts to Touch Rugby and Tag Rugby at township and rural schools. This programme will target both primary school and secondary school learners.
The activities will start from 8am at the Hammanskraal Sports Complex and learners will sign public pledges to stay drug free throughout their schooling years. They will also pledge to lead by example in their schools, the District, the Cluster, in public and in their communities.
The programme will involve learners in after-school activities that will focus their energies on sport, music, dance, indigenous games and board games. Some learners in the region have dropped out of school because of their addiction to Nyaope - a concoction of second grade/ cheap heroin, dagga and sometimes rat poison.
The details of the formal programme are as follows:
08h00 - 12h00: U9 to U14 Touch Rugby
12h00: MEC arrives
12h05: Official programme starts
12h05 - 12h15: Choirs welcome the MEC
12h15 - 12h20: Mass recital of the Pledge by 4 000 learners
12h20 - 12h40: Messages of support by sponsors and partners
12h40 - 12h55: District Learner reps present the MEC with a symbolic Pledge
12h55 - 13h00: What it means to pledge, S Tshabalala
13h00 - 13h05: Mass choir welcomes the MEC to the stage with Siwelewele
13h05 - 13h35: Keynote address by MEC for Education, Ms B Creecy
13h35 - 1 3h40: The HAKA
13h40 - 13h50: MEC: Meet and Greet, U15 and U17 Touch Rugby Teams
13h50 - 14h00: Vote of thanks
14h00 - 14h55: Games continue
15h00: All festivities end
To RSVP please contact:
Thebe Khumalo
Tel: 011 355 0225
Cell: 071 351 2909
For more information contact:
Charles Phahlane
Tel: 011 355 1530
Cell: 071 860 4496
Source: Gauteng Provincial Government
