New state-of-the-art library for northern KZN
The KZN Department of Arts and Culture says it will continue to develop libraries in rural areas throughout the province.
This after officials opened the Manyiseni Library in northern KZN yesterday.
MEC, Bongiwe Sithole-Moloi says the library is one of 44 that will be built in underprivileged communities.
"We are investing in a community in dire need of infrastructure. This is to say that even if you are in a rural area - we are the same. In South Africa, we are all equal," she says.
The R45-million development will serve a number of wards within the area.
Some of its state-of-the-art equipment has been supplied by the Bill and Melinda Gates Global Libraries Foundation.
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