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Evander Campus
A Brief History
The Evander township was founded in 1955 when Union Corporation started its mining
activities. A need arose for the training
of apprentices and in January 1965, the Evander Technical Institute was established
in classrooms made available by Union Corporation at Winkelhaak Mine.
To be able to supply for the growth in student numbers, Union Corporation donated
land in 1970 for the building of a college.
The college was built and in 1976 the first
Evander Technical Collegestudent registered at the new campus in
Rotterdam
Road
. With the establishment of Secunda,
in the late seventies, the student numbers grew to such an extent that the number
of classrooms had to be doubled. The
college as it is today was inaugurated in 1983.
The student numbers are still growing and classes and training is currently offered
at 5 different sites. We want to thank
the community, Sasol and the gold mines, now Harmony, for their excellent support
over the years. Without this support
and contributions, we wouldn’t be able to achieve the success and continually promote
the interest of the community by the service we provide.
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