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MORE SPORTS FACILITIES
IN 2006
Following on the successful launch of its Dirt Is Good campaign
in 2005, OMO is supporting the Department of Education's (DoE)
initiative to create more sporting facilities for primary
schools in South Africa. It is reported that 90 percent of
schools in SA do not have proper sporting facilities, and as a
result, Physical Training (PT) does not form part of the basic
curriculum.
The DoE is committed to addressing this problem by year-end
2007, ensuring that not only are formalised sports grounds
implemented, but that teachers are also equipped with the
necessary skills to coach sport and encourage free-play among
learners. The OMO project, which is a competition, gives the
DoE's plans a head start and sees 10 primary schools receiving
OMO-sponsored playgrounds, valued at over R1million this year.
It is hoped that, through the Dirt is Good campaign, OMO will
mobilise parents and communities, and get them to truly
understand the value that sports and play bring to a child's
social, physical and emotional development, as well as the
importance of these vital learning areas being included in the
standard educational programme.
Unilever Public Affairs manager, Ethne Whitley says, “Through
the competition and the Dirt is Good campaign we are affirming
our responsibility to formal and informal education in this
country, and the consequent holistic development of our youth.”
To promote the competition, OMO has already invited primary
schools nationwide to participate and looks forward to a flood
of entries, particularly from the most needy institutions, over
the coming months.
To enter, parents of primary school-going children need to cut
or tear off the top lid flaps from as many OMO washing powder
boxes as possible, and send them to school with their children.
These flaps may be from any OMO washing powder box, as there is
no special entry pack. Children need to hand in all their flaps
to a designated representative at their schools between now and
May 31, 2006, which is the closing date for this competition.
Primary schools then need to collect their flaps, and the
schools with the most flaps per learner will win themselves an
OMO Dirt is Good sports facility, worth R100 000, to be built
during the course of 2006.
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OUTCRY ANSWERED
An outcry for help from Thembalani Projects towards Klerksdorp
Rotary Club, was recently answered. Thembalani Projects, an
organization which sees to the needs of HIV/AIDS orphans, has
done a presentation to Rotary Club in which they explained how
their work is challenged by lack of finances, the cost of water
and electricity and the expense of food for the children.
They also noted the difficulties in communication between
themselves and their field members. Nashua Mobile has answered
the latter need and sponsored Thembalani Projects with 6 cell
phones and air time. Anonymous members from Rotary Club will
sponsor airtime for these phones. Furthermore, the City Council
has agreed that Thembalani Projects will not need to pay for
water and electricity any more.
Executive Mayor, PJ Nxamakele who also attended the handing-over
of the sponsorships, said that he would like to congratulate
Klerksdorp Rotary Club on alerting the council to this
challenge, and that they always react to community needs in this
regard.
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POLISIELEDE KON NIE STEM
Baie lede van die polisie kon nie Woensdag stem nie, omdat hulle
weg van hul stempunte moes werk.
Volgens `n verklaring wat deur 'n politieke party in die stad
uitgereik is, maak die Munisipale Kieswet nie voorsiening vir
spesiale of vooraf-stemming nie. Anders as die Nasionale Kieswet
wat wel voorsiening maak vir vooraf-stemming vir byvoorbeeld
beamptes en amptenare wat nooddienste op die stemdag moet verrig.
'n Woordvoerder van die party het die volgende oor die saak gesę:
“Dit is uiters onbillik teenoor polisielede, want hulle
grondwetlike regte word aangetas en hulle word ontkieser. Daar
is 'n beroep op die Provinsiale Kommissarisse van die SAPD
gedoen om lede, sover moontlik, te ontplooi in die gebiede waar
die hulle gestasioneer is, want dan sal hulle kan stem.
Polisielede moet ook 'n geleentheid gegee word om te gaan stem
en kan dan verder hulle pligte uitvoer.”
“Daar is 'n ernstige leemte in die Munisipale Kieswet wat nie
voorsiening maak vir veral nooddienspersoneel en veiligheidslede
nie. Die party sal in die parlement vra dat die Munisipale
Kieswet dadelik gewysig word om wel voorsiening te maak vir
hierdie lede,” het die woordvoerder verder gesę. |
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