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HA N D E LSN U U S
AUBREY KRUGER

Opening of Thobo Trust Computer
Centre at Letsopa Primary School
THE THOBO TRUST, AN INDEPENDENT
EMPOWERMENT TRUST ESTABLISHED BY SENWES
IN 2014, WAS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED ON
WEDNESDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER 2015, AT LETSOPA
PRIMARY SCHOOL. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
LAUNCH WAS THE OPENING OF THE THOBO TRUST
LETSOPA COMPUTER CENTRE AT THE SCHOOL,
WHICH IS SITUATED IN OTTOSDAL.

Thobo Trust opens Letsopa Computer Centre in Ottosdal! Here are Dolly
Dlavane (Chairperson of the Board of Trustees), Hasimbhay Motara (District
Director of Education in the DR Kenneth Kaunda district in Northwest), and
Elmarie Joynt (Trustee of Thobo Trust) and William Mawela (Tswaing Circuit
Manager of the Department of Education).

D

olly Dlavane,
Chairperson of the
Board of Trustees, and the
District Director of Education in
the DR Kenneth Kaunda district
in Northwest, Hasimbhay
Motara, opened the centre. In
attendance were other Thobo
Trust board members: Elmarie
Joynt, Kholofelo Thobejane and
Joe Maswanganyi.
It was indeed a festive affair
with 200 learners, representatives
of the four primary schools
in the area, namely Letsopa,
Naledi, Lebogang and
Tumisang Primary Schools in
Letsopa, Ottosdal, principals,
SGB’s as well as parents

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being part of this occasion.
The centre comprises
12 brand new computers
and 8 refurbished which are
connected to a printer.
The four primary schools
in the area will benefit from
the centre as they have an
agreement to share usage. Each
school will have at least one day
a week to use the centre. The
other three schools are Naledi,
Lebogang and Tumisang Primary
Schools, all situated within two
kilometres from the centre.
On the day all were treated
to a luncheon with singing and
dancing learners rounding off
the beautiful day. Attendees

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were also treated to a song by
a choir from Naledi Primary
School, with four learners,
one of each school, reciting
poems which appropriately
had technology as a theme.
All were very grateful to
have access to technology where
before they had no working
computers at the school.
MORE ABOUT THOBO TRUST
The Thobo Trust head office is
situated at Senwes head office in
Klerksdorp. The Trust drives the
overarching CSI and SED strategy
for Senwes, whilst partnering
with Senwes’ subsidiaries and
joint venture partners on
specific initiatives or projects.
The core focus areas of the
Trust are education, enterprise
development and employee
wellness. The majority of the
Trust’s beneficiaries are from
previously disadvantaged
South African communities.
As far as education is
concerned, the Trust is focused
on technology, early childhood
development centres and
vegetable gardens at schools.