National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) Board Chairperson Andile Lungisa will officially introduce the new NYDA chief executive officer to the media on 11 November 2009 at the Imbizo Media Centre in Parliament in Cape Town.
The announcement will take place during a press conference where the NYDA will be briefing media on the outcomes of the provincial consultations it held with key role players in the youth development sector on the establishment of NYDA provincial structures. The consultations included meetings with Free State and Mpumalanga Premiers; Ace Magashule and David Mabuza respectively.
Lungisa recently embarked on provincial visits where he met officials from government, municipalities, civil society and political youth organisations on the establishment of the NYDA provincial and local structures in the nine provinces. During the visits he also outlined the eight priority areas the NYDA has approved to strengthen youth development in the next five years.
The road-shows started in the Eastern Cape from 22 October and will finish in the Western Cape on 11 November 2009.
* During the briefing Lungisa will also announce the launch of the National Youth Service (NYS) project to take place in Mitchells Plain as part of the drive by NYDA to recruit not less than 500 000 young people into the National youth Service (NYS) by April 2010.
Media is invited to the briefing as follows:
Date: 11 November 2009
Venue: Imbizo Media Centre, 120 Plein Street, Cape Town
Time: 09h30 to 10h30
Details of the NYS launch (media is invited):
Date: 11 November 2009
Venue: Mitchells Plain (Tafelsig Youth and Family Centre)
Time: 13h00 to 15h00
For details, contact:
Siyabonga Magadla
Cell: 083 686 9016
E-mail: smagadla@nyda.gov.za
