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New school for Sandbaai
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Writer: De Waal Steyn.
The Western Cape Department of Education is planning on building a brand-new and much-needed technical high school in Sandbaai.
According to documentation that is set to serve before Council at its meeting on 26 August, it is proposed that a portion of the open erf next to the AFM Church in Long Street be alienated by the Overstrand Municipality to the Department of Transport and Public Works (DT&PW).
It is recommended to Council that the land, ±2.6 ha in extent, be transferred to the DT&PW at a nominal purchase price of R1.00 (including VAT) and that the department be liable for all additional costs such as transfer fees and town planning approval. The current value of the property is estimated at R3.46 million.
“The value that establishing a new technical school will bring to the community can, however, not be expressed in financial value,” states the documentation.
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