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News - Date: 25 January 2008
More than 160 learners from 15 primary schools around Musina were presented with new school uniforms worth R40 000 at the Musina show grounds last Friday.
The initiative is a joint effort between the SAPS Women’s Network (Musina Cluster), De Beers Venetia Mine and the Musina Municipality. Each learner received a pair of shoes, socks, skirt (girls), a shirt and a tunic (as per the school requirement). Joy could easily be read from the faces of the learners as they each ascended the stage to receive the new uniforms from the mayor of Musina Municipality, Cllr Caroline Mahasela.
When presenting the uniforms, Mahasela said children needed to be nurtured to become future responsible leaders. She said the uniform presentation marked the long journey of community development through fruitful partnerships. She thanked the main sponsor, De Beers Venetia Mine, for supporting Musina Municipality in the development of education. She told the learners that the acquisition of the uniforms had to encourage them to study hard. "The importance of education does not need a guest speaker to emphasize – it is given. Education brings light, joy and wealth. The future is there – yours is to make the right choices."
The public and corporate affairs coordinator of De Beers Venetia Mine, Mr Bonani Nyabane, said it is part of their company’s corporate social investment policy, "where we give back to the communities within our labour force. Although we cannot provide with everything, we are very sure that the little that we give back will make a difference in our communities. We understand the challenges that our education system is facing and we cannot just sit down and watch. We spend more on the education of our kids because we know that they are the future of our country."
Sr Supt Maggie Mathebula of the SAPS Women’s Network, Musina Cluster, said they decided to approach De Beers Venetia Mine after they observed poverty in schools. "We visit schools to conduct crime awareness campaigns and we were touched by the poverty of some learners. We then asked the educators to provide us with lists of those who needed school uniforms direly. We immediately approached De Beers Venetia Mine and the rest is now history."
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