Lukhanji primary deputy head to retire
After 40 years of serving the education department, Lukhanji Public Primary School deputy principal Themba Sidwell Skweyiya will finally retire.
“I achieved a milestone of my life in completing 40 years of good service at the department of education. It is now time to consider retiring from working,” he said.
Sikweyiya began his early years in the education sector when he started working at Mhlotshana High
School January 1982. Tthereafter he assumed duties at Sixishe Junior Secondary School in 1987 and has since held positions in various other educational institutions.
Sikweyiya joined Siyaphakama High School in 1990 as head of department, working together with the principal to assist the department to build more classrooms for the pupils.
“I commenced employment at Brakkloof Junior Secondary School as a principal where I was assisted by Modidimo Mannya, the then secretary general of the provincial department of education, together with the former district manager, in 2003 to build a new junior secondary school with 16 classrooms, a modern computer laboratory, staff room and a principal’s office,” he said.
“With the new restructuring of the primary schools, I transferred to Gali Thembani and Lukhanji Public Primary School as an acting principal in 2017 and later took the position of deputy principal,” said Skweyiya.