Bronkhorstspruit school wins prize to upgrade

Makerana Primary School from Bronkhorstspruit is one of the eight lucky winners of the Cashbuild Art-at-Heart competition in the Tweefontein area.

The schools each received a Cashbuild building material voucher to the value of R15 000 to use for any repairs or improvements needed for their school buildings or grounds.

The vouchers were handed out to all the schools at the Art-at-Heart ceremony at the refurbished Cashbuild Tweefontein store on March 2.

Learners from the winning schools entertained everyone with singing, cultural dancing, and theatrical performances during the ceremony.

The Cashbuild Art-at-Heart competition entails learners from each school to submit their best artwork to Cashbuild. This artwork is displayed at the ceremony and remains on display in the Cashbuild store for the next six years.

Artwork was judged and three winners from each school were named.

Winners received Cashbuild Art-at-Heart gold, silver, and bronze certificates for first, second and third place respectively

The Manager’s Choice, and the overall winner of the artwork competition, was awarded to a learner from Gijimani Primary School.

This award was announced on the day and the winning learner received a backpack with stationery and a trophy. The winner was also given the honour of officially opening the new store.

Besides Makerana, the other schools that benefitted from the Cashbuild Art-at-Heart donations were Gijimani Primary School, Phelwane Primary School, Hlalisanani Primary School, Zamani Primary School, Somarobogo Primary School, Bongani Primary School and Zakhele Primary School.

Since the Art-at-Heart campaign was launched 22 years ago, Cashbuild has helped more than 3 900 schools in Southern Africa with over R50million worth of building materials.

Cashbuild is BEE compliant and every time a store is opened, relocated, or refurbished, Cashbuild not only makes donations to local schools, but also creates jobs for community members.

The Art-at-Heart competition is a Southern African Cashbuild initiative whereby donations are made to some of the region’s most needy schools.