The Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform Gugile Nkwinti together with all Ministers responsible for outcome 7 and their Deputy Ministers will do a walkabout at Springbokpan to determine the readiness of the site. Springbokpan site has been identified as one of 44 sites that would be used as Agri Parks.
The Departments responsible for outcome seven include Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), the Department of Cooperative Governance (DoCG), the Department of Social Development (DSD), the Department of Water Affairs (DWA) and others. The goal of Outcome 7 is to create vibrant, equitable and sustainable rural communities. It had been used as a vehicle to fast track service delivery in rural areas.
Three Agri Parks have been identified for the province of North West.
The Department has identified economically viable sites in all 27 priority districts across the country for the construction of Agri-Parks and R2 billion has been set aside for this agri-park initiative, of which 1% will go into capacity building especially in municipalities.
Journalists are invited as follows:
Date: Monday, 6 July 2015
Time: 10h00
Venue: Springbokpan
RSVP and enquiries:
Poppy Mongae
Tel: 018 397 9700
Cell: 079 529 4061
Tshepo Diale
Tel: 012 312 8532
Cell: 071 850 1751
Sivuyile Mangxamba
(Acting) Chief Director: Strategic Communication
Tel: (012) 312 8881
Cell: 071 334 2915
