LIMPOPO MIRROR
29 March 2013 15
Advertorial
Shop 15, Hubyeni Shopping Centre, Elim, Limpopo Tel: 015 556 3356 Fax: 015 556 3353 TRADING HOURS: Mon-Sat: 05h00 - 19h00 Sun/PH: 06h00 - 19h00 Ms Lilian Maluleke Spar manager handing over new umbrellas to one of the first hawkers, Ms Rose Majoko.
Elim Superspar is at the forefront of community upliftment Elim Superspar revisited four schools who all won prizes last year in the Elim Superspar Omo school challenge. The four schools who shared in the R20 000 prizemoney are Djunanae Primary school, who took home a R10-000 first prize, Nkhensa primary, who collected the second prize of R5000, whilst the third and fourth prizes of R2500 each were received by Hlalelani and Mariadze primary schools respectively. As an initiative to empower women in business, the hawkers who sell their wares at the Elim Superspar complex each received umbrellas. Ms Lilian Maluleke, Elim Superspar manager, said that the donations were a thank you to the community around Elim, who have supported them since they started doing business. Mr Geoffrey Musandiwa, assistant manager at Elim Superspar indicated that all the youth must involve themselves in participating in different sporting codes. Education is the key for the future of our youth, he said. “Teachers should be proud of their profession and the work they are doing in order to restore the dignity of their profession,” he said. He praised educators for being hard workers and committed teachers; “You don’t have to be a special teacher to produce quality results, but it rests upon your shoulders to succeed. We are faced with tough situations and we must not allow changes to disturb our goals, but instead, we must work hard towards attaining these goals.” He further urged the teachers to be united with the sole aim of developing learners as the future leaders of the community. Lack of unity brings hatred, and it will affect your progress at school. He added that parents should make sure that the pupils do their work during their free time at home. He pointed out that the learners should also devote their time to school work,
instead of spending all their time having fun. “We are assisting our community out of compassion, because of the love we have for our local brothers and sisters. We know the harsh conditions most locals live in and we cannot just look away and pretend as if all is well. We will continue to identify needy communities and assist where possible,” he said. “We have been assisting many communities and we are following the command of the Bible that those who are blessed should bless others, and we have a long-standing relationship with this community,” Musandiwa added. Musandiwa further applauded the community around Elim who buy at the store, and he concluded in saying that they wish to remind schools that the competition is still ongoing, even for this year. Ms Georgina Muthemana, one of the hawkers said that she was happy about what Spar had done for them. She appealed to other business people to follow the example that had been set by Elim Superspar. The principal of Djunane primary school, Mr Steven Mabunda said that they were happy at the visit by Elim Superspar. The money that we won in the Omo competition we used to run the school’s needs. “We want to motivate learners to stick to education and advise them not to use drugs and alcohol,” he said. “We are very thankful for the donation. It is good to see that business people are also getting involved in education. I am sure that other local business people will do the same. The department on its own cannot manage, so we encourage other stakeholders to get involved. Together we can do more,” he said. Mabunda added that the pupils were always in need and that the donation would make a much-needed difference for the children; “we are very grateful for what the Spar people have done for us.”
The jubilant pupils of Djunane primary, who won a prize of R10 000 in the Elim Superspar OMO challenge.
“We are assisting our community out of compassion, because of the love we have for our local brothers and sisters.
Learners of Hlalelani primary school in their dress uniform, welcomed the visit from Elim Superspar.
The jubilant hawkers at Elim displaying their new umbrellas.
Elim Superspar manager Lilian Maluleke and Geoffrey Musandiwa (assistant manager) Rose Majoko (middle) surrounded by Spar Manager, Lilian Maluleke (left) and assistant surrounded by hawkers after they received umbrellas as presents. manager, Geoffrey Musandiwa.