The acting Regional Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services in Gauteng invites you to attend the 2010 edition of the Corrections Week events that will take place around Gauteng province. Corrections Week is high on the Department of Correctional Services Calendar and it aims to create awareness around the various corrective programmes that are driven by the department.
Corrections Week seeks to inculcate knowledge and understanding of the Department’s Correctional System and more importantly to encourage public participation and involvement in corrections and social reintegration of offenders into society as law-abiding citizens.
During the Corrections Week period Correctional Services in Gauteng Region will exhibit offender skills development products or services, witness the official opening of the Parole Board offices, utilisation of offender labour to refurbish dilapidated public facilities, display strategic partnerships to reduce crime in our communities, offender music festival, promotion of visitation to families of offenders, interfaith church service and other pockets of excellence.
Join us for Corrections Week and experience the Correctional System in South Africa.
The details of the events in Gauteng are as follows:
|
Date |
Event Description |
Venue |
Time |
Contact persons |
|
27 September 2010 |
Exhibit offender manufactured items from the workshops, produced agricultural products and other items that promote arts & culture in prison. |
Cullinan Rugby Field, East of Pretoria |
08h30 for 09h00 |
Simphiwe Kondleka – 082 809 5649 or Stephen Takane – 079 716 5361 |
|
28 September 2010 |
Offenders will refurbish a dilapidated crèche in Soshanguve Block G, plant trees and clean the yard which is used as a dumping site. This should be viewed as a contribution to 67 minutes call for service to humanity (Mandela Day concept) |
Soshanguve, Block G |
08h30 for 09h00 |
Simphiwe Kondleka – 082 809 5649 or Gilbert Lekokotla – 078 322 1558 |
|
29 September 2010 |
Official opening of the Parole Board offices by the Minister of Correctional Services, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. |
Boksburg Management Area |
08h30 for 09h00 |
Patrick Thobejane – 082 690 1017 or Simphiwe Kondleka – 082 809 5649 |
|
30 September 2010 |
School crime reduction programme. This is a partnership between the Departments of Correctional Services, Education, Community Safety and Pillar to Post. The learners will tour the prison facilities and the inmates will advise the learners not to do crime. Offenders will also perform a play with a message crime doesn’t pay. |
Leeuwkop Management Area |
08h30 for 09h00 |
Simphiwe Kondleka – 082 809 5649 or Elizabeth Zimba – 073 604 4751 |
|
1 October 2010 |
Offender music festival to promote arts & culture in prison. To display diverse music genres, cultures and talents. |
Pretoria Management Area Hall |
08h30 for 09h00 |
Simphiwe Kondleka – 082 809 5649 or Gilbert Lekokotla – 078 322 1558 |
|
2 October 2010 |
Encourage and promote visitation by families of the offenders. A series of activities will be arranged to promote the importance of the day. |
Nigel Correctional Centre |
08h30 for 09h00 |
Olivia Mothapo – 072 537 2393 or Simphiwe Kondleka – 082 809 5649 |
|
3 October 2010 |
Interfaith church service for spiritual upliftment and to heal the soul. Different religions such as Christians, Jewish, Moslems, Africa Traditional. Offenders and ex-offenders will grace the service. |
Johannesburg Management Area (Previously known as Sun City) |
08h30 for 09h00 |
Avhasei Rambuda – 083 318 5223 Samantha Ramsewaki – 073 115 0374 or Simphiwe Kondleka – 082 809 5649 |
Your presence and coverage of the events will be highly appreciated as a contribution in our efforts to turn around the country’s correctional system into a true societal responsibility by together doing more and better to break the cycle of crime.
Enquiries:
Simphiwe Kondleka
Cell: 082 809 5649
Tel: 012 420 0212
E-mail: Simphiwe.kondleka@dcs.gov.za
Phindi Louw
Tel: 012 420 02111
E-mail: Phindi.louw@dcs.gov.za
