Anglo American donates Joburg CBD building for education – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Mining giant Anglo American has donated one of its five buildings in the Johannesburg central business district (CBD) precinct to non-profit education group the Maharishi Invincibility Institute.

The over 40 000m² 45 Main Street building is the second the JSE-listed group has donated to the institute; the first is on Ntemi Piliso Street, just outside the precinct, which is the school’s current address.

Anglo American hosted the official handover on Friday. It says this investment into education is part of its efforts aimed at breathing new life into the crumbling CBD, which was once  the centre of economic activity in South Africa.

The investment will allow Maharishi to increase its capacity by at least 3 000 more students. The institute, which focuses on the education of underprivileged youth, is currently home to just over 1 000 students.

“Anglo American’s Johannesburg CBD campus is a testament to the past, but it is a beacon of hope for the future,” says CEO Duncan Wanblad.

“Preserving the historic campus and others like it is not merely an exercise [in] nostalgia, it is a commitment to the well-being and the future of generations that come behind us.”

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Dr Taddy Blecher, CEO of the Maharishi Invincibility Institute, says: “Through the donation of 45 Main Street, the Institute will continue to further its mission of developing a new generation of competent leaders right here in…