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From: City Of Johannesburg


Joburg donates R7, 5 million for Orlando's destitute children


City of Johannesburg Council meeting today resolved to donate R7, 5 million
for the construction of the Albertina Sisulu Centre- a community centre to
cater for destitute children and those with disabilities.


Council said the project has been under discussion since 1996 after Mrs
Albertina Sisulu and the Sisulu family through the Sisulu Trust expressed
the desire to contribute to the community of Orlando by giving back to the
community.


"Social studies, paid for by the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA),
were undertaken and a report clearly established the need for a facility
that would serve the needs the most vulnerable, being children with special
needs and the destitute," Council said in a statement.


Council also said the money for the construction of the facility will come
from City's capital budget for this current financial year.


ENDS.


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Mbangwa Xaba


Media Liaison


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Fax 403 3494


082 467 9230 Mbangwax@joburg.org.za

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