CPUT will be celebrating Mandela Day with former and current District Six residents on July 31 when a general clean-up of the former horticulture nursery on the Cape Town Campus will take place.
The site is the ideal spot for a community urban garden, which could benefit the community and CPUT.
The activities will include:
- A general clean up - clearing of the vegetation and rubble
- Gardening: cleaning of herb garden, composting and planting
- Maintenance: cleaning walls, painting, fixing the panels etc.
- Fixing the boundary fence
- Bricklaying of composting bays
- Cleaning and reviving the fish pond
- Cleaning and marking the location of the original Horstley Street
Register by July 21 and submit to dhjackson@gmail.com. For more information contact Desmond Jackson on 021 959 6868/9 or Civic Engagement Office, New Science Building, Bellville Campus.
Mandela Day is celebrated on July 18, (Mandela’s birthday) every year and commemorates the lifetime of service the late Nelson Mandela gave to South Africa and the world.
The Mandela Day campaign encourages South Africans to spend 67 minutes to support a charity or serve in their local community. The 67 minutes symbolically represent the number of years the former President fought for human rights and the abolition of apartheid.