Minister Ben Martins visits Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality as part of 20 years of freedom celebrations, 8 to 9 Mar

Ministerial visit to Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

The Minister of Energy, Mr Dikobe Ben Martins together with the Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Cllr Benson Fihla, will visit the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, in Port Elizabeth as part of the 20 years of freedom celebration and changing people’s lives, on the 8 to 9 March 2014.

In addition to its mandate of ensuring energy security for the nation, the Department of Energy (DoE) is committed to interacting with all sector stakeholders to share information and receive feedback on developments around energy programmes.

Thus, the Motherwell and Chetty community engagement serves as part of the DoE’s Stakeholder Engagement Forums that serve to broaden government reach into communities and to interested sector role players. It is during these engagements that the department is able to sensitise communities on programmes and projects that are geared to uplift the socio-economic well-being of all South Africans.

Members of the media are kindly invited to capture all these activities.

The events are scheduled as follows:
Date: 8 and 9 March 2014
Time: 08h30
Venue: Nelson Mandela Bay, Eastern Cape

Enquiries:
Johannes Mokobane
E-mail: johannes.mokobane@energy.gov.za / mediadesk@energy.gov.za;
Tel: 012 406 7481
Cell: 082 766 3674

For RSVP:
Maropeng.Ramokgobathi@energy.gov.za, Tel: 012 406 7475

NB: Kindly see the attached schedule of activities below:

List of activities:

Day one: 8 March 2014 

Day Two: 9 May 2014