"for the sake of our lives" campaign
4 March 2007
Deputy Education Minister Enver Surty will join Western Cape MEC Cameron
Dugmore and athletes Elana Meyer and Johan Landsman on Tuesday, 6 March in the
"for the sake of our lives" campaign. The overall objectives of the campaign
are to promote running clubs at schools and link initiatives around school
safety, nutrition and community-school projects, i.e. a comprehensive and
sustainable process.
Around 30 runners per school run from school A to B (i.e. run on one day
only) as listed below. The runs depart each day at 7am and should not result in
loss of class time. The athletes are led by MEC Dugmore, Meyer and
Landsman.
The schedule for this week is as follows:
Monday, 5 March
Rylands to ID Mkize (Gugulethu)
Tuesday, 6 March
ID Mkize to Dr Nelson Mandela (New Crossroads)
Wednesday, 7 March
Dr Nelson Mandela to Zola (Khayelitsha)
Thursday, 8 March
Zola to Joe Slovo
Friday, 9 March
Joe Slovo to Bulumko
For enquiries, contact:
Gert Witbooi
Media Liaison Officer
Cell: 082 550 3938
E-mail: gwitbooi@pgwc.gov.za
Issued by: Department of Education, Western Cape Provincial Government
4 February 2007
