Please note that the Minister of Environmental Affairs will no longer be visiting Khangezile Primary School in KwaThema on 16 july 2015
The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Mrs Edna Molewa, will accompany the European Commission’s Vice President Maroš Šefčovič to the Khangezile Primary School in KwaThema, east of Johannesburg, on Thursday, 16 July 2015.
Mr Šefčovič, who is responsible for the European Union and oversees Climate Action with the European Union, will meeting Minister Molewa during his visit to South Africa. Topics to be covered during the discussion include the upcoming 21st Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris.
The Khangezile Primary School has been able to increasingly operate off-grid using solar power, a bio-converter for gas to cook school meals, and makes use of rain-water collection to manage an extensive food garden project (which, in turn, is fertilised by sludge from the bio-converter) and is run with the assistance of the local community.
Media are invited to join the visit to Khangezile Primary School.
Address: 18450 Thema Road, Kwathema, Springs
Date: Thursday, 16 July 2015
Time: 12h00 – 13h30
Refreshments served
For more information please contact Tanya at 012 452 5261 or Frank 082 786 6223.
For media inquiries contact:
Albi Modise
Cell: 083 490 2871
