Letsakutfula Primary shines in Silulumanzi’s annual water conservation awareness programme
The Letsakutfula Primary School in Matsulu shone brighter than any other, bagging the first place for designing an informative poster to commemorate National Water Week. The school won for presenting the most well-designed and researched poster using the theme, ‘Conserving water and stopping water resource pollution for sustainable water supply and a brighter future’ for …
The Letsakutfula Primary School in Matsulu shone brighter than any other, bagging the first place for designing an informative poster to commemorate National Water Week.
The school won for presenting the most well-designed and researched poster using the theme, ‘Conserving water and stopping water resource pollution for sustainable water supply and a brighter future’ for the National Water Week Awareness competition, organised by Silulumanzi.
The competition was hosted at the Lowveld Botanical Garden in Mbombela on March 25. John Mdhluli Primary School in Mataffin came second followed by Buhlebuyeta Primary School in Likazi in third place.
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The pupils in the top three teams received certificates and goodie bags with educational games and backpacks, while the other participants received packages from Silulumanzi as a token of its appreciation for their participation. Fifty-six pupils from Grades Four to Six in primary schools in the Ehlanzeni District Municipality took part.
Silulumanzi partnered with the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), the City of Mbombela, the Inkomati Catchment Management Agency, the South African National Biodiversity Institute and Working on Fire to host a two-day annual National Water Week Awareness programme.
It comprised the competition and a visit to the Mbombela Water Treatment Plant on March 20 to learn about water purification processes and participating in a clean-up campaign around the plant. Silulumanzi’s spokesperson, Richmond Jele, said the initiative raised awareness of the importance of water conservation and environmental protection.
“We seek to reassert our commitment as water service providers and authorities in our effect to conserve water and sustain lives. We note that we live in an era where there is more water scarcity and our water sources are getting polluted. We have taken the initiative to start educating our young ones from an early age to become ambassadors of water conservation and also to be responsible citizens,” said Jele.
The provincial head of the DWS, Dudu Sifunda, echoed Jele’s remarks, stating the water quality in the province has become a challenge.
“Our latest reports show that the quality of the waste water treatment works is not compliant to the standards, as a result you find that non-compliant water is polluting the rivers and ends up in the dams. The issues of water quality, especially in the province, is a challenge; most abandoned mines also pollute the water,” said Sifunda.
