The National Taxi Alliance (NTA) was in the Limpopo area of Zebediela to give school uniform and launch road safety campaigns for the two schools.
The partnership to donate school uniforms is conjunction with the Transport Education Training Authority (TETA).
This was part of the organization’s Ndlelanhle road safety campaign’s Back To School initiative. The Matshuma and Sobotsi Combined primary schools in the Zebediela schools. At the event both schools received school shoes for the learners during which kids also received practical lessons on road safety.
“As you would know, we do this on an annual basis and this was our time to go do it that side of the country,” says NTA spokesperson Theo Malele.
PP Maboya, principal for Sobotsi Primary School, says his school is grateful to the NTA for the donation received and looking forward to continuing working relationship with provincial taxi structure.
“We are grateful for the NTA and TETA for coming here to donate shoes and wish that this relationship can continue for a long time,” said Maboya.
F.Maphutha, principal at Matshuma primary also thanked the NTA for the good gesture.
“This has gone a long way to alleviating poverty because many of our leaners have been long distances, some of them doing so bare footed,” said Maphutha.
Among some of the officials who attended the event and spoke proudly about the relationship with NTA included Limpopo Transport department representative Fhalani Tsedu and Nkosinathi Ndwalaza from TETA.
