A high school in South Africa's Limpopo province was given two additional classrooms made from Safmarine's retired shipping containers.

Since it launched its "Containers in the Community Programme" in the early '90s, Safmarine has built more than 200 container classrooms and schools, and considers the re-deployment of retired containers an important aspect of its 'recycling' operation.

"As a company committed to upliftment, Safmarine is pleased that our contribution has made a real difference to this community. We believe the improved facilities at the school will further strengthen the will and determination of these learners, making the future of this school, and indeed South Africa, that much brighter," said Safmarine spokesman Fred Jacobs.

"The container classrooms will go a long way to alleviate the cramped conditions at the school by providing much-needed space for computers and learners," said headmaster Elvis Tlomotsana, whose Mohlalamorudi Senior Secondary School is 150 kilometres west of Polokwane, the provincial capital.