14 August 2006
Minister of Housing, Lindiwe Sisulu will officially launch the 2006 Womenâs
Build and the guidelines on mainstreaming gender in the housing and human
settlement sector in Orange Farm, South of Johannesburg on 14 August 2006.
The build will be in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Womenâs
March to the Union Buildings in 1956, in protest against the pass laws and
injustice to women by the apartheid government.
The national Department of Housing in partnership with the Gauteng
Provincial Department of Housing, Women for Housing, National Home Builders
Registration Council and Thubelisha Homes, will build 50 houses for elderly
women in Orange Farm.
Together and in partnership with a number of sponsors, 600 volunteers will
be hosted each day, i.e. 14 - 18 August 2006, to build houses. The project will
offer many of the participants, mostly women, an opportunity to gain practical
experience, ranging from technical construction skills to leadership and
teamwork skills.
Details are as follows:
Venue: Orange Farm
Date: 14 August 2006
Time: 11h00
Enquiries:
Monwabisi Maclean
Cell: 082 882 2962
Issued by: Department of Housing
14 August 2006
Source: Department of Housing (http://www.housing.gov.za)
