HON:CATHERINE DLAMINI (MPL) Member of the Executive Council

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MEC DLAMINI TO VISIT NTABAMBOVU PRIMARY SCHOOL

As part of the Mandela Month observation, the MEC will lead a team of senior officials, stakeholders, educators, parents, the school community as well as other officials from the department in the cleaning, fixing of broken windows and doors, fixing broken furniture painting, planting of trees and establishing vegetables garden. MEC Dlamini unveiled the Mandela Month activities on 11 July 2024 at MC Zitha Secondary School in the Nkomazi Local Municipality where she urged parents and school communities to display the spirit of Madiba by investing their own time and skills in improving the ambience of their local schools.

The Department is collaborating with Old Mutual, Department of Correctional Services, Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs, Department of Home Affairs, the Mpumalanga Regional Training Trust and FOREK. This year’s Mandela month programme will take place under the theme : "It is all in our hands to combat poverty and inequality” Mandela month

MEC DLAMINI TO MONITOR THE GRADE 12 WINTER VACATION CLASSES

The MEC for Education Ms. Cathrine Dlamini embarked on a support visit to Dumisani Secondary School on Monday, 24 June 2024 at Cork Village in Mkhuhlu, Bushbuckridge Local Municipality. Dumisani Secondary School is part of the 101 winter vacation school centres established throughout the province targeting grade 12 learners from 153 schools that have obtained below the 70% pass performance in the 2023 National Senior Certificate Examinations.

About 22 550 learners are expected to attend the winter vacation classes from 24 June to 05 July 2024. The Department selected the best performing teachers to offer lessons in the 11 high enrolled subjects and will provide scholar transport and nutrition to all the learners. The MEC utilised the visit to encourage the learners to focus more on their studies in order achieve their full academic potential.