Premier David Makhura and MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi will on Thursday, 02 March handover bursaries to top performing learners from Quantile 1, 2 and 3 schools around Gauteng.

The bursaries form part the Gauteng City Region Academy bursary scheme, an initiative of the Gauteng Provincial Government created to provide financial assistance to previously disadvantaged learners and improve their access to higher education.


Members of the media are invited as follows:

Date:               Thursday, 2 March 2017
Venue:           Turbine Hall, 65 Ntemi Piliso St, Newtown
Time:              12h00

For confirmations contact Charmaine Kgopa on 076 499 7840 or Charmaine.Kgopa@gauteng.gov.za


For media enquiries contact Phumla Sekhonyane, spokesperson to the Premier on 071 860 4496 or phumla.sekhonyane@gauteng.gov.za