Equipping Rustenburg schools with technology

Microsoft, Comparex Africa, Anglo Platinum, Telkom Foundation and the Digital Partnership joined forces through the Kopano Joint Venture to equip three Rustenburg schools with technology. The computer centres were officially opened and handed over to the school communities by Andile Ngcaba, the Director General, Department of Communications during a ceremony at Sedibelo Middle School in Moruleng, Rustenburg on 23 May 2003.

New Digital Villages

New projects have been set up at:

·         Raluombe High School, Mashamba, Limpopo

·         Modderbee Prison, East Rand, Gauteng

·         Tokologo Centre for Quadriplegics, Protea Glen, Gauteng

·         Siyabonga Telecentre, Orange Farm, Gauteng

Resource and Learning Centres have been set up at:

·         Kwena Moloto College, Polokwane, Limpopo

·         Mbombela Resource & Learning Centre, Mbombela, Mpumalanga

·         Hebron College, Hebron, North West

·         Engcobo Resource Centre, Engcobo, Eastern Cape

Other Villages
Other Digital Villages have been established, in partnership with several of Microsoft's partners in:

·         Gauteng: Kwa-Dukuza, Alexandra, Sebokeng, Tembisa and the Zuurbekom farming community

·         Eastern Cape: Tombo, Middeldrift and Sterkspruit

·         Western Cape: Worcester and Khayelitsha.

SOS Children's Village:
SOS Villages are up and running in the following centres: Mamelodi, Cape Town, Umtata and Pietermaritzburg and Ennerdale.

Aims and Objectives

Microsoft is often asked about the aims and strategy behind the Digital Villages and how interested parties can set these up. Click on the heading to find out more.