19 March 2009
The Minister in The Presidency, Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang will, on Monday,
23 March 2009, launch the Presidency childrenâs website.
Twenty-four schoolchildren have been invited to the Union Buildings for the
launch from schools around Gauteng and surrounding areas.
The children will have an informal meeting with the Minister in her office
where they will candidly chat with her and she will explain the work of the
Presidency. Computers will be set up on the day where the children will have
the opportunity to experiment and play around with the website.
The aim of the website is not only to educate children about the Presidency
and the government of South Africa but also to encourage children to learn how
to use the internet.
The target audience for this website is 6 to 13 years old. The website was
developed to speak to children of this age group directly.
Planning and development of the website has been going on for the past year
and was designed in Flash to provide an animated and interactive experience for
the end user.
Furthermore, the content was developed in consultation with the Department
of Education to ensure that it is aligned to the school curriculum and was
edited by a childrenâs language editor to ensure that the content is
comprehensible to the target audience
We have now reached the stage where our product is ready to be launched to
the public.
Members of the media are invited for coverage as follows:
Date: 23 March 2009
Time: 9h00
Venue: The Union Buildings, media room (Room 153)
Enquiries and RSVP:
Charity Bhengu
Cell: 083 679 7424
Or
Terrence Manase
Cell: 082 338 6707
Issued by: The Presidency
19 March 2009
