Phuthaditjhaba pupils to benefit from Transport Ministry’s Multi-Function Programme
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula will visit Phuthaditjhaba in the Free State Province on Saturday, 26 October 2019, to announce the names of school pupils who have been chosen to participate in the School Learner Driver Licence Programme.
Minister Mbalula will also donate bicycles to learners from different schools in the area. The bicycles are part of the Shova Kalula Bicycle Programme, an initiative by the Department of Transport to help provide mobility to learners walking more than three kilometers - but less than five kilometers - to school.
The event will also include transport career awareness for Phuthaditjhaba youths. The purpose of the career exhibition is to expose young people to job opportunities available in the transport sector.
Details of the Ministerial multi-function Programme are as follows:
Part A: Inspection of N5 road bridge:
Date: Saturday, 26 October 2019
Time: 09:30
Location: N5 road
Part B: Road Safety Activation:
Date: Saturday, 26 October 2019
Time: 10H15
Location: Qwaqwa University Intersection
Part C: Announcement of beneficiaries of Learner Driver Licence Programme and Shova Kalula Bicycle Programme:
Date: Saturday, 26 October 2019
Time: 11H00
Venue: Phuthaditjhaba Multi-Purpose Centre, Phuthaditjhaba, Free State
Media houses are invited to attend. Kindly confirm attendance with :
Tshegofatso Maake
Cell: 063 281 9453
Email: maaket@dot.gov.za
Edwin Lecheko
Cell: 072 2119744
Email: lechekoedwin@gmail.com /
Enquiries:
Ayanda Allie Paine
Cell: 074 823 7979
