Learning Brief – Setting up public school partnerships in the Northern Cape

The Lesedi Solar Park Trust in the Northern Cape has a mandate to invest in communities within a 50-kilometre radius of the Lesedi Power Project over an extended period of time. DGMT’s place-based synergies (PBS) team is responsible for managing community development funds for the trust and facilitates supportive developmental pathways for people in the communities of Postmasburg, Skeyfontein, Marimane, Jenn-Haven, Danielskuil, Groenwater and Lime Acres. Public School Partnerships (PSP), a programme co-funded by DGMT, is starting work with three schools in the Lesedi catchment area after 18 months of consultation, co-creation and cooperation. The programme aims to change the trajectory of school-going children. This learning brief looks at the steps taken to meet the needs of school communities by setting up an effective public school partnership in the Lesedi catchment area.