Umdoni Municipality ran a ‘Dress-A-Child’ campaign where they presented new school uniforms to 246 pupils at Umzinto Town Hall last Friday, April 26.
The pupils hail from 38 schools in the Umdoni area, with the majority of them from primary schools.
Some of the local schools were Roseville Secondary, St Anne’s Primary, Umzinto Primary and Secondary, Gugulesizwe High, Amandawe Primary and Secondary and St Patricks Primary.
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A total of R180,165 was spent on the uniforms which included shirts, skirts, pants, dresses, socks, jerseys and shoes.
Umdoni Municipality’s mayor, councillor Thabani Dube was present to address the pupils, teachers and several parents who attended the official handover of uniforms.
Mr Dube said that the municipality was honoured and glad to be part of this drive in dressing our ‘future leaders’.
The principal of Zamani Primary School, Musawenkosi Khathi, thanked the municipality for undertaking and said all the pupils were grateful for this initiative.
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