Mining firm donates to St Augustine’s High

because its food reserves had extremely diminished.
In a statement, DTZ-OZGEO spokesperson Ms Clara Ngwenya said the move was part of her company’s social responsibility programme.
“As a company we thought it was our calling to save St Augustine’s from early closure due to inadequate food to feed the over 700 boarders at the school.
“Corporate social responsibility will always be our priority at DTZ-OZGEO,” Ms Ngwenya said.
The groceries include mainly basic commodities such as mealie-meal, flour, meat, cooking oil and sour milk.
The Anglican Church-run school authorities last week indicated that they would be forced to close the school much earlier if the situation did not improve.
The food shortages have since been attributed to squabbles within the Anglican Church.
A group aligned to Archbishop Nobert Kunonga is claiming authority over the school while another belonging to Bishop Chad Gandiya also claims the same over the school.
This term pupils paid US$333 in school fees, which authorities claim is inadequate to last the whole term and should therefore be topped.
All along the school is said to have relied on donations but funding had since stopped owing to the squabbles.
The school does not have a School Development Committee as the one that was there was disbanded in 2009 facing accusations of misappropriating funds.