TGIF 111

Only one formal school visit to the MTN Sciencentre on Friday, 21 September 2007.

But once again, a group that travelled long and hard to get here.

A group of 111 isiXhosa, Sotho and English speaking students from the rural town of Sterkspruit in the Drakensberg mountains of the Eastern Cape (just 37 kilometres away from the nearest border post with Lesotho) arrived here.

They came from Nomzamo junior secondary school under the guidance of science, technology and maths teacher Tshepo Slater. The school only paid for the transportation, the learners (from grades 6 to 9) paid their own money for everything else.

''It was very educational to our learners and it gave them a chance to manipulate the science exhibits and they enjoyed the laboratory ... they enjoyed everything that was in the MTN Sciencentre,'' said Tshepo Slater.

''It was our first time to be there at the science centre, we have never been to the science centre and I hope to go back in 2009 ... it takes two years to organise the trips. It was very interesting to me, hence I hope I will be coming back.''