SAAF Museum Marketing Drive Received a Boost

By Lt Zola Nombida
SAAF Museum Corporate Communication Officer
 

On 12 September 2005, the Air Force Museum welcomed two members from the Directorate of Protection services and two Reserve Force members. These members were Sgt Terence Vukela and Cpl Brenda Chauke and both of them were working at 516 Squadron at Air Command. Over the past years the number of school visiting groups has dramatically increased therefore the presence of these members is undoubtedly going to improve the service rendered to the public.

For example, Sgt Vukela was a tour consultant for ship coordinating tours and Travel Company before he joined the Air Force in 1994. The tours he conducted were purely educational and he said that he was excited when he found out that at the Museum he was mainly going to be responsible for educational tours. It is interesting to educate school children about aviation because most children especially from previous disadvantaged black communities were never exposed to aviation before he said.

And Cpl Brenda Chauke was detached to the Research and Development section at Air Force Gymnasium prior to her appointment as the assistant educational NCO at the Museum. “Before I joined the Air Force I worked as a receptionist for a Nursery school” she said. Since, she will mainly be conducting tours, it is hoped that kids will find her company interesting and fascinating. “I am excited about my new appointment because my aim is to make a difference and add value in educating the youth about aviation” she said. Apart from these members, L/Cpl George Mpho Keetile and Amn Ross Kgomotso Molokomme from Air Command Reserve section also joined the SAAF Museum.

Amn Ross Kgomotso Molokomme is working in the SAAF Museum administration office helping the secretary with administration work. Besides that she is also helping the corporate communication office in handling the large volume of school visiting groups. “It is pleasing to be here because I will at times be involved with Siyandiza and have a chance to educate the youth about aviation careers in the Air Force “she said. “With the additional members, the SAAF Museum is on the right track in gradually addressing the issue of representivity among the Museum personnel,” Col Spolander who is the Officer in Charge of the Museum said while welcoming the new members.