AN impoverished school in rural Northern Province was given R72 000 on Monday to build desperately needed classrooms.
Education spokesman, Kenny Mathivha, said the donation, from computer technology company Lucent Technologies, would also be used to renovate facilities at Selaelo Primary School in Bochum near Pietersburg.
The company gave the money to a special charity fund created by Premier Ngoako Ramatlhodi’s wife, Ouma.
Mrs Ramatlhodi and the chairman of the fund, Tom Boya, handed the cheque to the school on Monday.
Mathivha said the school had insufficient classrooms for its pupils, forcing many children to attend schools further away.
He was unable to say how many pupils there were at the school or how many classrooms would be built, but said construction would begin as soon as possible.
— African Eye News Service, May 2, 2000.