MEC Visit to schools in kzn

MEC Mr-Senzo-Mchunu

Mr. Edward Senzo Mchunu MEC kzn Education


History was made on the 15th of may as the MEC visited one of Rammtecks eight buildings.
The community at Chebelihle school went all out to prepare for the visit and really did a good job of making the minister and all invited delegates feel welcome.As in Zulu tradition a beast was slaughtered the previous day as well as fifteen zulu chickens  and cooking went on for 24 hours before the visit

I was very privileged in having the honour of showing the minister around the building and explaining all the positive attributes to building with rammed earth. For some one who has never seen rammed earth it is quite an eye opener and the minister was taken aback by the community involvement the quality of the build and obviously the costs involved

 Rammteck and its affiliates Beyond the line and the Rattray foundation have designed a model which encompasses all the problems we currently have in South Africa these being 
  • Backlog in the number of schools
  • High level of unemployment
  • limited funds for future development
  • Training and empowering impoverished communities
  • Handing over the sense of ownership to communities
  • The extensive use of locally harvested raw material for construction purposes



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