GDE wants more firms to help with school infrastructure after Goza water success After six years of being left in the lurch, over 1,400 children at Goza Primary School in Soweto finally have access to clean drinkable water without any disruptions, thanks to a donation from private company, the AECI Group. A donation from the AECI Group has made it possible for Goza Primary School in Freedom Park to have running water after six years of struggling to get it from the Gauteng Department of Education. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News
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JOHANNESBURG - The Gauteng Education Department conceded that government had struggled for years to provide Goza Primary School in Soweto with reliable water and it was now urging private companies to help more public schools with basic infrastructure.
A week since the official opening of the 2021 academic schooling year, Brand South Africa and its stakeholders; Triple Eight, the Khama Billiat Foundation and the Gauteng Department of Education, partnered to host an activation to support learners through yet another year of the pandemic.
The activation hosted as part of Brand South Africa’s Play Your Part Programme was held at the Masakhane Primary School and Far North High School in Gauteng. The primary objective was to place emphasis on promoting nation building and active citizenship among young people. The involvement of Triple Eight, the Khama Billiat Foundation and the Gauteng Department of Education affirmed their role in lifting the spirit of the nation to motivate and inspire the youth.