Government cannot solve the problems on its own. It is with this in mind that I would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to Shell South Africa for its magnificent contribution to this project. When last year I approached the chairman of this company, Mr. John Drake, for assistance with one of the Presidential Lead Projects of the RDP, he readily agreed. He did so because Shell shared the Government's ideals of the Reconstruction and Development Programme. In true RDP spirit, Shell didn't regard the project as its own, but placed it in the hands of a School Building Association comprising different stakeholders.
Development is a joint responsibility.
What we are witnessing today is the success of the entire community. The Warrenton community, Shell and the Northern Cape Province have provided a model of the kind of partnership that is rebuilding South Africa. That spirit will stand us in good stead as we enter a truly exciting period for education in our country. The South African Schools Bill which is now before Parliament has widespread support. It will establish for the first time in our history the framework for a single, national public school system.