You are invited to a national briefing session and signing of the MoU with farming communities in preparation of the 2011 Municipal Elections as part of the Electoral Commission of South Africa’s (IEC) engagement with key stakeholders and interest groups.
The objectives of the briefing/signing are to:
- raise awareness of the 2011 Municipal Elections within farming communities.
- engage meaningfully with farming communities as key stakeholders in
- ensuring that the delivery of the 2011 Municipal Elections is free, fair and credible.
- inform voters, particularly within the farming communities, on electoral
- processes to ensure maximum voter participation in the 2011 Municipal Elections.
- strengthen working relations with farming communities by signing a Memorandum of Understanding with farm owners’ and farm workers’ organisations to enable election related activities, including voter education, on farms.
Time: 10h00 to 14h00
Venue: Lezar Opstal, Nigel District, Gauteng
Directions to Lezar Opstal:
GPS coordinates:
- S 26.33,273’
- E 28.30,402’
- Drive along the N3
- Turn off onto the N23 to Balfour/Standerton
- Drive direction Balfour, 11 kilometres turn left onto dirt road to “Poortjie”, “Oppie Koppie” and “Lezar Opstal”
- Cross the railway line (one kilometre), drive two kilometres then turn right to
- “Groenfontein” (“Lezar Opstal”)
- Drive three kilometres, road bends to the left
- Turn right at the first farm entrance on the right
- Cross the dam wall and turn right
- First entrance, turn left– you are at “Lezar Opstal”
For media queries,please contact:
Kate Bapela
Cell: 082 600 6386
For media interviews, please e-mail requests to: spokesperson@elections.org.za
