Times Of Swaziland: E420 000 FOR SWAZIBANK SCHOOLS CHORAL 2018

E420 000 FOR SWAZIBANK SCHOOLS CHORAL 2018
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BY NHLANHLA MATHUNJWA on 14/06/2018 01:24:00


MBABANE – Its E420 000 for this year’s SwaziBank Schools Choral Music
Competition.
This sees the annual sponsorship which is the highest in the choral genre grow
by E20 000 as it was at E400 000 in 2017.
Confirming the sponsorship was SwaziBank Managing Director Zakhele Lukhele.
He announced the sponsorship yesterday morning at the bank’s boardroom in
Mbabane.
“We are here today to officially kick start the 14th edition of this annual
competition. The bank continues to have confidence in the competition hence the
consistent sponsorship and support,” said Lukhele.
He said they have observed in the previous years the growth in the competition
as more schools participate.
He said the amount announced excludes financial support provided by the bank
towards other costs of the competition such as branding, promotional merchandise
and events management.
Lukhele said they were looking forward to the start of the competition this
weekend as it is scheduled for June 16, and they  hope it will be a success
until the day of the main finale.
“We look forward to a very competitive competition as we have noticed in
recent years that more schools are joining. I would like to reaffirm the
continuation of the sponsorship going into the future,” he said.