Pietermaritzburg’s Eastwood Secondary School, which suffered catastrophic damage to a number of its classrooms and offices during a hailstorm in December last year, has been repaired and upgraded.
Leading edible oil producer, Willowton Group, stepped up when they received a plea from the school.
Operations executive Mohamed Ishfaaq Moosa said the school no longer had sufficient classrooms for all its learners and was trying to accommodate them on a rotational basis due to the storm damage.
Moosa said Willowton Group could not ignore the plight of the school after the principal, Keith Solomons, appealed for help while facing a long wait for assistance from the KZN Department of…