Sowing seeds for a sustainable future

Swartklip – The Lutheran Church’s garden project in Mantserre village near Swartklip received a boost when Obaro Northam in partnership with Siyanda Chrome Investments donated garden equipment on 12 June.

The equipment included wheelbarrows, shovels as well as vegetable seeds, such as carrots and spinach.

Beneficiaries of the garden project include 60 children who receive food on a daily basis. Reverend Antibass Ramokoka Mokoka of the Lutheran Church in Mantserre also provides the elderly of the community with fresh vegetables.

“I would like to invite the community to support our feeding centre to ensure a better future for all of us. To us, the beginning of this garden is a new milestone, and we really need voluntary help too, especially from the youth,” reverend Mokoka said in an interview with the Platinum Bushvelder.

Portia Kgaboesele, human resources manager at Siyanda Chrome, said: “We want to plough back into the community. This project is in good hands – reverend Mokoka.”

Reaffirming their sentiments, Daniel Gildenhuys, manager of Obaro Northam, said it was a privilege to give back to the community.