The Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Ms Rejoice Mabudafhasi will launch and handover eight Environmental Protection and Infrastructure Programme (EPIP) projects in the King Sabata Dalindyebo (KSD) Municipality on Wednesday, 30 April 2014.
The handover forms part of environmental projects that the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) is funding through its Environmental Protection and Infrastructure Programme (EPIP).
The programme’s mandate is to contribute towards alleviation of poverty while empowering less privileged communities to participate in the mainstream economy in a manner that addresses the core objectives of the Department.
The EPIP projects are implemented using labour intensive methods as per the requirements of Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) and their objective is to ensure that whilst addressing the Department of Environmental Affiars' (DEA) environmental mandate, job creation, small business development and skills development opportunities are also created.
One of the projects to be launched is the Mthatha Dam Tourism and Recreational Centre, which the department spent R29 million on. The project created 335 work opportunities over a period of 12 moths.
Media are invited to attend the handover as follows:
Date: 30 April 2014
Venue: Mthatha Dam, Mthatha
Time: 09h00
To RSVP kindly contact:
Ernest Mulibana
Cell: 082 263 7372
Tel: 021 405 9439
E-mail: EMulibana@environment.gov.za
Sipho Mawoko
Cell: 021 441 2788
E-mail: SMawoko@environment.gov.za
For media enquiries:
Peter Mbelengwa, Spokesperson
Cell: 082 611 8197
