MEC Mzonke "Whitey" Jacobs will on Wednesday February 22, 2006 hand over sports equipment valued at thousands of rands to the Mitchell's Plain, Nyanga, Philippi and Gugulethu clusters in an effort to capacitate schools for competitive sport. This long-awaited gesture from the Department will coincide with the official launch of a multi-purpose court at Hazeldene Primary in Mitchell's Plain.

As part of the Department's facility provisioning strategy, Hazeldene and Searidge Primary schools in Mitchell's Plain are some of the beneficiaries for this financial year. The multi-purpose court at Hazeldene Primary and the indoor court at Seadridge will both cater for netball, tennis and volleyball.

At the same function, Sport Trust will distribute kit and equipment worth R200 000 to the same clusters as part of their contribution to the development of sport.

All news media is invited to attend as follows:

Date: 22 February 2006
Venue: Hazeldene Primary, Portlands, Mitchell's Plain
Time: 11h00