Eldos school project meeting gets low turnout
Ward 18 Cllr Juwairlya Kaldine says they will have a separate meetings for SMMEs, citing that nothing has been confirmed because they still need investors to provide and show their financial capacity to continue.
A public meeting that was meant to clarify the school rebuilding project in Wards 17 and 18 at Eldorado Park was postponed following a low turnout at the Don Mateman Civic Centre, EXT 5, El- dorado Park, on August 17.
At least 10 Gauteng schools are expected to benefit from this project, with six of them being from Eldorado Park including Cavendish Primary, Eldomaine Primary, McBain Charles Primary, Lanceavale Secondary, Kliptown Primary, and Kliptown Secondary School.
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The meeting was meant to detail the project to parents, local SMMEs and concerned residents, outline the job opportunities and have a question-and-answer ses- sion to clarify everything that the community needs to know.
According to Cllr Juwairlya Kaldine, there was no consensus because the meeting did not reach its target to continue.
The Cllr issued invitations for another public meeting
at Don Mateman Civic Centre, scheduled for August 21, where they will also be introducing the Nancefield Primary School project to the community.
Based on the information shared by Cllr Kaldine, the budget for local schools in Ward 18 includes Cav- endish Primary (R175 000 000), Eldomaine Secondary (R275 000 000), and Lanceavale Secondary (R297 000 000).
E. W. Hobbs was not listed but was scheduled for repairs by the Provincial Department of Infrastructure Development.
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For Ward 17 it’s Kliptown Primary (R297 000 000), Kliptown Secondary (R254 000 000), and McBain Charles (R226 000 000).
The recent meeting follows numerous concerns raised by the Eldorado Park Steering Committee after the first phase of the project of erecting mobile classrooms was allegedly initiated without the public’s knowledge or participation at Kliptown Primary School.
Despite calling for meetings to address the matter with the school and Cllrs, the committee claims to have not received any answers from the School Management Team or the Gauteng Department of Education.
The committee’s main concern was that residents who could have benefited from the opportunity were excluded.
Unlike other unmonitored failed projects, the committee wants to ensure that the schools’ project is fully completed on time.
