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For many years, learners at the Sinenjongo High School in Joe Slovo Park, Milnerton have been using temporary classrooms. A brand new school with the same name that is under construction across the road is expected to be ready for use at the beginning of 2017. The new facility will provide top-quality accommodation for 1 250 learners, as well as sports fields and other amenities.

This R47 million project was commissioned by the Department of Transport and Public Works for the Western Cape Education Department (WCED). Most of the school buildings will comprise a framed concrete structure and a mixture of face brick and painted infill walls.

Teaching facilities will comprise 35 standard classrooms, four science laboratory rooms, two multi-purpose classrooms, a media centre and a computer laboratory. The complex will also have a hall with toilet facilities, an administrative building and caretaker’s facilities.

The Department is committed to creating Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) work opportunities through the project, including the vital skills training component. A total of R6 million is expected to go towards targeted contractor businesses, R5 million to suppliers and manufacturers, and R5 million to targeted local labour.

Construction began in February 2015 and is expected to have been completed in mid-2016.

Issued by The Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works