{"id":48206,"date":"2021-09-23T09:21:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T07:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/vwsa-assists-local-schools-20210922-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T10:20:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T08:20:47","slug":"vwsa-assists-local-schools-20210922-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/vwsa-assists-local-schools-20210922-2\/","title":{"rendered":"VWSA assists schools amid looming water crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_f7a5c94e\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11602\/5c56c2acc0c24ffb81f7685c5f019295.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11602\/62e898124f934fe6a82aed09dc8b135e.jpg\" title=\"Aside from the water tanks, VWSA has also assisted with plumbing repairs and upgrades of the ablution facilities at the five schools including Mngcunube Primary. Seen here are (from left) Nkosinathi Clay (VW Community Trust), Vusi Khumalo (Old Mutual) and Vernon Naidoo (VW Community Trust). Photo:VWSA\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Aside from the water tanks, VWSA has also assisted with plumbing repairs and upgrades of the ablution facilities at the five schools including Mngcunube Primary. Seen here are (from left) Nkosinathi Clay (VW Community Trust), Vusi Khumalo (Old Mutual) and Vernon Naidoo (VW Community Trust). Photo:VWSA<\/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><span>A<\/span>GAINST the backdrop of a looming water crisis in Nelson Mandela Bay, Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) has offered its assistance to various schools in the metro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company has partnered with the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber for its Adopt a School initiative, which has seen VWSA installing a total of 30 water tanks at 15 schools in KwaNobuhle and Despatch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis particular project aligns with our role as a responsible, environmentally conscious corporate citizen, but also with our focus on initiatives to improve education in Kariega,\u201d said Nonkqubela Maliza, Corporate and Government Affairs Director at VWSA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cReliable access to water is a basic human right. We want to play our part to ensure our learners have access to water, and to the tools and resources they need in order to receive a quality education and ultimately build a bright future.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With support from Old Mutual, VWSA has supplied and installed two 5 000-litre tanks for each of the schools, which were also filled with water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This project, which concluded at the end of August, was implemented in response to a call from the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality that indicated KwaNobuhle could soon be without water. 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