According to the spokesperson at the Department of Environmental Affairs, Dimakatso Tsutsubi, Sotyu’s visit is part of the Green Back-to-School Campaign that is aimed at encouraging learners to promote the culture of a healthy and conducive environment at schools, and this includes the promotion of effective waste management practices.

Tsutsubi says that the deputy minister will visit the Summerville Primary Farm School in Bultfontein on Friday morning to also hand over 100 eco-furniture desks, school shoes, bags, stationery, sanitary towels, colour-coded dustbins and garden tools. She further adds that as part of the recently launched Ten Million Trees Programme, which seeks to mitigate the harmful effects of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, 45 indigenous trees will be planted at eight farm schools, 100 fruit trees at the community homesteads, and an additional 400 trees in various areas.

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