MEC Martin Meyer visits Amanzimtoti’s special needs school [Video]

Public Works MEC, Martin Meyer, adopted the Durban School for the Hearing Impaired in 2025, promising to help it get back on its feet.

January 16, 2026

Vusi Mthalane 1 minute read

Principal Phumlile Ngcobo and MEC for Public Works Department, Martin Meyer. PHOTO: Vusi Mthalane.

MEMBER of the KZN Legislature and MEC for Public Works, Martin Meyer, visited Amanzimtoti’s Durban School for the Hearing Impaired on January 15, on its first day of the academic year.

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Meyer, a resident of Amanzimtoti, adopted the school in 2025, promising to help it get back on its feet as it struggles with crumbling infrastructure. He came bearing gifts for the learners, as well as words of encouragement.

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January 16, 2026

Vusi Mthalane 1 minute read

Vusi Mthalane

Vusi Mthalane is a senior journalist with the South Coast Sun newspaper. With more than 13 years of newsroom experience, he covers stories that matter to communities along the South Coast, from Isipingo to Umgababa. His work has also appeared in The Witness, Zululand Fever, and the South Coast Fever.