Department of Water and Sanitation and Laerskool Breyten cleans the eye of the Vaal for Mandela Day
The Department of Water and Sanitation approached Mr Louis Bates, principal of Laerskool Breyten and Mr Mzwandile Malang, from the Community Development Workers (CDW) programme to assist with the clean-up campaign.
Members of the Department of Water and Sanitation, Community Workers Programme (CWP) and Laerskool Breyten cleaned the Eye of the Vaal in Breyten on 18 June.
This formed part of their 67 minutes for Mandela Day.
Mr Philani Kunene, Deputy Director for corporate services, is originally from Breyten and completed his schooling career at Masizakhle Senior Secondary School and wanted to give back to the community he grew up in.
They approached Mr Louis Bates, principal of Laerskool Breyten and Mr Mzwandile Malang, from the Community Development Workers (CDW) Programme, to assist with the clean-up campaign.
The Department of Water and Sanitation provided all the workers with the necessary personal protective equipment for the day.
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