The Minister for Social Development, Ms Bathabile Dlamini, will on Thursday, 8 November 2012, open a new Youth Centre in Tweeling area in Mafube local municipality, Fezile Dabi District (Free State).
This centre will serve as a training facility for the youth and provide information regarding Social Assistance, application for IDs, Birth and Marital certificates to Tweeling community. The youth will also be afforded an opportunity to learn from the centre how to develop CVs and business plans.
Tweeling community has about 1700 youth population of which majority is unemployed. The Youth Centre will help in responding to the challenges faced by young people especially in the area of unemployment, poverty, HIV and AIDS, teenage pregnancy and crime.
The Multi Purpose Centre consists of six wings which include training and skills development, Community services, Income generating services, Sports and recreation, Information technology and government services.
Minister Dlamini’s visit to Tweeling forms part of Social Development Month and aims to engage communities to identify their challenges and put together action plans to deal with these challenges .Minister will be accompanied by Free State Premier, Ace Magashule and the MEC for Social Development in Free State Mme Sisi Ntombela.
The event will take place as follows:
Date: Thursday, 8 November 2012
Time: 10h00
Venue: Tweeling Sportsground
Members of the Media are invited to cover the event.
For RSVPs contact: Jaconia Kobue on 082 313 4673 or Ipeleng Morake on 071 850 8630
For enquiries:
Lindo Nkomonde
Cell: 082 790 6108
E-mail: lindokuhlen@dsd.gov.za
Abram Phahlamohlaka
Cell: 082 928 6590
E-mail: AbramP@dsd.gov.za
