Africa: The Rhandza Xikolo Xa Wena Campaign is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, 28 June 2022, at all schools within Ehlanzeni District.
Ehlanzeni District Schools are encouraged to invite and mobilize local stakeholders, community-based organizations, parents, learners, teachers, non-teaching staff, former students and local business communities to assist in cleaning, conducting basic painting, fixing broken windowpanes, preparing and planting flowers and vegetable gardens, plant trees and improve the surroundings of the schools.
In addition, communities are encouraged to return any school property which may be in their possession so that it could be used for the intended purpose at their respective schools. This may include school furniture, textbooks, electronic devices and so on.
Members of school governing bodies working together with their school management teams in each school are expected to lead from the front and develop a clear schedule of how the activities of the day will unfold.
Parents, learners, teachers, assistant teachers and non-teaching staff are all expected to participate in the campaign activation. The campaign also affords teachers an opportunity to conscientize and teach learners about the significance of cleanliness, conservation, global warming and climate change.
Officials from the District and Head Office will be deployed to some of the schools within the District to participate in this programme.
There must be an element of fun, innovation and creativity that must be integrated into this programme on the day, and as such, the Department will appreciate schools sending some pictures of the activities taking place on the day, which will be posted on the departmental social media platforms.
The Rhandza XiKolo Xa Wena Campaign seeks to address most of the negative challenges experienced at schools by mobilizing communities to take ownership and safeguard their respective schools.
It is an Initiative that must be used to condemn all forms of social ills that find their way to schools, such as bullying, corporal punishment, drug trafficking, gangsterism and so on.
It intends to ensure that communities take care of schools, assist in the rehabilitation of broken school properties, protect them from any criminal activity and prevent the trafficking of illegal substances.
The Department is collaborating with the Department of Justice and Correctional Services, Mpumalanga Regional Training Trust, SASOL, Fundi and Old Mutual in this progressive endeavour.
