1 (a) (b) The Gauteng Department of Education has plans to eradicate all schools built out of inappropriate materials as mandated by the Regulations Relating to Minimum Uniform Norms and Standards for Public School Infrastructure, Government Gazette Number 37081 of 2013. Both these schools have been identified as schools built entirely out of asbestos and are part of the replacement programme. Both these schools are in the Estimates of Capital Expenditure (ECE) for the 2020/21 MTEF period.
The table below indicates the relevant details of the projects.
No |
Project Number |
Project name |
Scope of Works |
Project Status |
Indicative / Estimated Budget |
Anticipated Start Date |
1 |
GDE/700270025/N&R/2018/1 |
Randfontein Secondary School |
Construction of a Brick and Mortar Replacement Secondary School |
Design |
R80 000 000 |
2020/21 MTEF Period |
2 |
GDE/700270033/N&R/2018/1 |
Toekomsrus Primary School |
Construction of a Brick and Mortar Replacement Primary School |
Design |
R70 000 000 |
2020/21 MTEF Period |
(2) The Department of Labour provides reports and prohibition notices on educational facilities as and when they conduct inspections and they find the facilities to be not compliant. The Department is not aware of any specific reports issued by the Department of Labour on the two schools.