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Media alert: #Womensmonth Ministers Schäfer & Grant to visit pre school project

14 August 2018

Tomorrow, Wednesday 15 August 2018, Minister of Education, Debbie Schäfer, and Minister of Transport and Public Works, Donald Grant, will be visiting Molteno Pre-Primary School in Newlands which is a project executed by the Department of Transport and Public Works and funded by a WCED Infrastructure Grant.

This project is significant for two main reasons:

  1. The lead architect in the project is Ms Rahdia Khatieb Parker, an award-winning and leading female architect in her profession, who is a symbol of passion, drive, and success.
  2. The project is a conversion project that saw the former Newlands Clinic converted to a fully functional pre-primary school.

The new pre-primary school boasts facilities and features that are condusive for learning.

Ministers Grant and Schäfer will be taken on a tour of the pre-primary school by Ms Rahdia Khatieb Parker.

The Ministers will also highlight initiatives by the Western Cape Government to support females seeking to be professionals in the built environment.

All media are invited and welcome to attend. There will be an opportunity for interviews and photographs.

Venue:  Site of the New Molteno Pre-Primary School, Cnr Kildare Road and Main Road, Newlands, Cape Town
Date :    Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Time :   10h00

Media Enquiries: 

Jessica Shelver
Spokesperson to Minister of Education, Debbie Schäfer
076 175 0663
Jessica.shelver@westerncape.gov.za

Siphesihle Dube
Spokesperson to Minister of Transport and Public Works, Donald Grant
084 233 3811
Siphesihle.Dube@westerncape.gov.za