Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele will deliver the keynote address at the National Skills Development Graduation Ceremony for offenders at the Leeuwkop Correctional Centre in Gauteng.
The 200 inmates, who completed the accredited Artisan Development Skills Programme, are part of 5 864 offenders participating in accredited skills programmes across the country. In line with the rehabilitation of offenders as prescribed by the White Paper on Corrections in South Africa, these programmes are based on an agreement between the Department of Correctional Services and the Department of Higher Education and Training.
The Correctional Services Act states: “The department must provide or give access to a full range of programmes and activities as is practicable to meet the education and training needs of sentenced offenders”.
Media are invited to cover the graduation. Details are as follows:
Date: Friday, 20 September 2013
Time: 9h30 for 10h00
Venue: Leeuwkop Correctional Centre, Johannesburg
We wish to request media attending the event to please confirm attendance by sending their full names, ID or passport numbers, media house, mobile number and email address, preferably by no later than 14h00 tomorrow (Thursday, 19 September 2013), to Molatelo Mokumo at Molatelo.Mokumo@dcs.gov.za or 073 436 5257 or Tshifhiwa Magadani at Tshifhiwa.Magadani@dcs.gov.za or 012 307 2925 or 073 936 5405.
Enquiries:
Logan Maistry
Cell: 083 6444 050
