After a number of attempts by the communities of Johannesburg, to deal with the issues of closing and minimising the number of liquor outlets, the Petitions Standing Committee (PSC), led by Hon. Lindi Lasindwa will be conducting public hearings jointly with City of Johannesburg on the date scheduled as follows:
Date: Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Venue: Auditorium at Gauteng Provincial Legislature, Cnr Loveday and President Streets, Johannesburg CBD
Time: 10h00 to 16h00
The Communities in Gauteng have voiced out strongly on the negative effects of the liquor outlets which are also alleged to be operating without licenses. The Provincial Department of Economic Development is mandated amongst others to account on the existing liquor outlets that operates in Gauteng. The MEC for Economic development will be expected to provide a report to the committee in the presence of the petitioners, on their findings and the conclusion in closing down these outlets.
Members of the media are invited to these hearings to attend and cover these hearings.
For RSVP’s and more enquiries, kindly contact:
Ms Khazi Sithole
Senior Media Relations Officer
Gauteng Provincial Legislature
Tel: 011 498 5777
Cell: 082 577 9393
E-mail: KSithole@gpl.gov.za
About Petitions: A petition is a formally written (usually a complaint), which is submitted to an authority as an attempt to get their assent to a request. Typically, a written petition is signed by multiple people, indicating that a large group of people supports the request detailed in the petition. The Legislature mediates this process between the complainant (petitioner) and the authorities (e.g. Department of Municipality).
