Deputy Education Minister Enver Surty will join Western Cape MEC Cameron Dugmore and athletes Elana Meyer and Johan Landsman on Tuesday 06 March in the "for the sake of our lives" campaign.

The overall objectives of the campaign are to promote running clubs at schools and link initiatives around school safety, nutrition and community-school projects, ie a comprehensive and sustainable process.

Around 30 runners per school run from school A to B (ie run on one day only) as listed below.The runs depart each day at 7am and should not result in loss of class time. The athletes are led by MEC Dugmore, Meyer and Landsman.

The schedule for this week is as follows:

Monday 5 March Rylands to ID Mkize (Gugulethu)
Tuesday 6 March ID Mkize to Dr Nelson Mandela (New Crossroads)
Wednesday 7 March Dr Nelson Mandela to Zola (Khayelitsha)
Thursday 8 March Zola to Joe Slovo
Friday 9 March Joe Slovo to Bulumko

For Enquiries:

Gert Witbooi
Media Liaison Officer
Office of the MEC for Education
Western Cape
Tel: 021 467 2523
Fax: 021 425 5689
Visit our website: http://wced.wcape.gov.za

The Western Cape - A Home for All
INtshona Koloni - iKhaya loMntu wonke
Die Wes-Kaap - 'n Tuiste vir Almal