30 January 2007
The Minister for Agriculture and Land Affairs, Ms Luluma Xingwana will
address a two-day workshop to launch the Western Cape association of Women in
Agriculture and Rural Development (WARD) this week.
Minister Xingwana officially launched the national structure of WARD in
October 2006 in the Eastern Cape Province. WARD is a broad-based mass movement
for women aimed at serving all rural women, in their diversity, to address and
actively participates in land and agrarian reform within a context of their
socio-economic development.
The launch of WARD in the Western Cape comes at the time South Africa is
preparing to host the 4th World Congress on Rural Women scheduled for 23-26
April 2007 at the Durban Convention Centre. Delegates from around the world
will come together for the largest rural women's conference ever held on the
African continent.
Provincial WARD chapters developed out of resolutions from the National
Rural Women Summit held in Durban in August 2006. Participants, (rural women in
particular) were able to learn and share their experiences and develop new
strategies on working with rural development
Details of the launch are as follows:
Date: 31 Jan - 1 Feb 2007
Time: 12h00
Venue: Spier Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, Western Cape
Western Cape WARD launch programme
Date: 31 January 2007
Day 1: Preparatory Workshop
1. 12h00 - 13h30: Arrivals and Registrations
2. 13h30 - 14h00: Snacks
3. 14h00 - 14h10: Opening and welcome
4. 14h10 - 14h30: Overview of WARD
5. 14h30 - 15h00: Questions and comments
6. 15h00 - 15h15: Tea
7. 15h15 - 16h15: Supporting Programmes of the Department Agriculture &
Land Affairs:
* Micro Agricultural Financial Institutions of South Africa (MAFISA)
* Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development (LRAD)
* Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP)
* Agriculture Black Economic Empowerment (AGRI BEE)
8. 16h15 - 16h40: Questions and comments
9. 16h40 - 18h00: Regional Committee Meetings
10. 18h00: Closure - Dinner
Date: 1 February 2007
Day 2 Launch ceremony
1. 09h00 - 09h15: Opening and Welcome
2. 09h15 - 09h30: Recapture of Previous Day Discussions
3. 09h30 - 10h30 Report Back and Way Forward for Regions
4. 10h30 - 10h45: Tea
5. 10h45 - 12h00: Personal Experiences on Evictions and Abuse on Farms
6. 12h00 - 13h00: Open Discussions
7. 13h00 - 14h00: Lunch
8. 14h00 - 14h30: Taking WARD forward to the World Congress
9. 14h30 - 14h45: Introducing World Congress Task Team
10. 14h45 - 15h00:
11. 15h00 - 15h30: Minister for Agriculture and Land Affairs Lulama
Xingwana
12. 15h30: Vote of thanks
14. 15h45: Closure and departure
For further information, please contact:
Godfrey Mdhluli
Ministry for Agriculture and Land Affairs
Cell: 082 418 1823 / 076 372 1777
Zodwa Moya
WARD Co-ordinator
Cell: 073 341 2904
Issued by: Ministry for Agriculture and Land Affairs
30 January 2007
