RAMOKOKA PRIMARY SCHOOL PPC has relocated and rebuilt Ramokoka Primary school, a 100-year old rural school north of Rustenburg and close to PPC’s Beestekraal mine. Until recently, a dilapidated mud-built structure, Phase 1 involved relocating the school closer to the village community and erecting a modern building to accommodate 230 learners at a cost of R1.5-million. Local labour was used in rebuilding the school and the Moses Kotane local municipality and tribal authorities’ administration were fully involved in the planning and implementation. The second phase, comprising additional classrooms and an administration block, will be completed during 2010.
Steytlerville Primary School receives three extra classrooms BUILDING FOR EDUCATION With PPC’s CSI initiatives focusing on the upliftment of the communities the company operates in, one of the most important places to make a truly sustainable difference is at school level. PPC has made investments in four primary schools and one nursery school; the majority of these investments have taken the form of the building of classrooms and the upgrading of facilities. MEIRING PRIMARY SCHOOL In an effort to address the critical need to introduce Grade R schooling in this area PPC sponsored the building of Grade R classrooms at the Meiring primary school, near Riebeek Kasteel in the Western Cape. The initiative, served by four educators, will initially benefit over 120 learners. Part of the PPC Riebeeck mine’s SLP, the project was implemented in partnership with the departments of mining
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and basic education as well as the Swartland Local Municipality. RIEBEEK WEST AND STEYTLERVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL AND WIELLIE WALLIE CRECHE Over 50 local jobs were created during the construction of the Wielie Walie Creche facilities in Riebeek West in the Western Cape. Aside from the nursery school, the facility also includes a permaculture vegetable garden in association with Food and Trees for Africa. PPC also constructed three extra classrooms at the Riebeek West primary school.
BAVIAANS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PPC invested in and transformed an abandoned abattoir in the Baviaans area into a community youth development centre. The aim of the facility is to equip unemployed youth in the Baviaans area with valuable skills, critical to the community’s continued development. The facility was upgraded at a cost of around R550 000. In partnership with the Grootfontein Agricultural College and the local farmers’ organisation, PPC was able to identify several accredited courses which will be taught at the centre. Attendees will be able to take short courses in bricklaying, welding and tractor driving. Training is set to begin in July 2010.
Also in the Western Cape, Steytler Primary School received three new Grade R classrooms. These were constructed by PPC in partnership with the Department of Basic Education in the Western Cape. Moving forward, PPC has also committed to build two intermediate classrooms, a storeroom and a playground.
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