Lucky Dube Secondary School of Performing Arts opened - Friend speaks on late friend

The department of education will open a state-of-the-art Lucky Dube Secondary School of Performing Arts in Ermelo.

The school will focus on music, drama, dance and technical disciplines such as sound engineering, stage lighting and event production.

The reggae icon passed away in 2007, and the school - which seeks to keep his legacy alive - is being handed over on his birthday in his birth town of Ermelo.

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