{"id":46294,"date":"2024-04-30T20:56:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T18:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/batavia-special-needs-wall-beautified-20240429\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:25:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:25:50","slug":"batavia-special-needs-wall-beautified-20240429","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/batavia-special-needs-wall-beautified-20240429\/","title":{"rendered":"Batavia Special Needs\u2019 wall in Heritage Road beautified"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As of mid-April, Batavia Special Needs school\u2019s 90 m wall shines with its fresh coat of Heritage Green-coloured paint in Hamilton Road, Claremont, blending in beautifully with the trees behind it, neatly restored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The school has a long boundary wall facing the street that, over the years, was not representative of the precious activity contained inside, no thanks to old paint that was flaking off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspired by Belvedere East Civic Association\u2019s (Beca) efforts to do multiple upgrades in local parks, as they did at the Choo Choo Park and Laurier Park and other green stretches in the area, Batavia School Estate Manager Terence Petersen thought it fitting to give the Batavia Wall in Hamilton a makeover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_27586f1c\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8070\/19f6f86bc20f4ef4ab689c2ec13d80d5.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/b4d48056ebbb44bd9a45d3abe97c298b.jpg\" title=\"Testifying to the power of collaboration, Taheera Shaboodien (Beca Chair), Terence Petersen (Estate Manager Batavia School), John Keller (Inward Logistic Manager, Buco Claremont), Yamkela Buyambo (Buco staff) and Max Schablitzky from Beca Parks were pleased with a job well done.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Testifying to the power of collaboration, Taheera Shaboodien (Beca Chair), Terence Petersen (Estate Manager Batavia School), John Keller (Inward Logistic Manager, Buco Claremont), Yamkela Buyambo (Buco staff) and Max Schablitzky from Beca Parks were pleased with a job well done.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to support this, Max Schablitzky from Beca Parks made contact with the Buco supplier in Claremont, also situated in Hamilton Road, just a few metres away from the Batavia wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBuco\u2019s Store Manager Ferdie Williams was happy to team up and support the idea of getting the wall upgraded. He arranged three buckets of paint to be sponsored by his supplier, valued at over R3 000,\u201d Schablitzky shared. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The civic association also offered helping hands to paint. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams, as well as inward logistics manager John Keller and Buco employee Yamkela Buyambo came and helped paint the wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taheera Shaboodien, Beca chair, and Beca Parks member Max Schablitzky joined Petersen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schablitzky thanked the many residents who also helped out with painting, \u201cincluding a 20-month-old boy and a 12-year-old girl. 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