The MEC for Health, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, will lead the government’s commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial which is commemorated annually on the third Sunday of May.
The KwaZulu-Natal government’s event will be held on the 28 May 2009 at Ixopo to mark a quarter century of remembrance, community mobilisation and solidarity. For 25 years, the Candlelight Memorial has brought people together in every corner to honour those lost to AIDS and demonstrate the importance of civil society, a movement in step with the spread of the disease itself.
To commemorate this special occasion, the KwaZulu-Natal government will lead the people of the province under the theme “together we are the solution.” to reflect the crossroads in time this memorial represents, and reminds us that we must learn from the past and never give up our collective movement as we enter a new generation with the disease.
The Health MEC will also continue with the unannounced visit to the local hospital, Christ The King Hospital, where he would meet the staff and management of the hospital.
The details of the event are as follows:
Date: 28 May 2009
Time: 10h00 (commencing with the visit at 08h30)
Venue: Morningside Stadium Ixopo
Other planed unannounced visits will be in the Pietermaritzburg area as follows:
Date: 27 May 2009 (Wednesday)
Time: 10h00 Grey’s Hospital
12h30 Northdale Hospital
14h30 Edendale Hospital
Journalists are invited to join the MEC and report on the events.
RSVPs:
Sibonelo Msomi
Cell: 083 980 7481
Leon Mbangwa
Cell: 083 459 8695
Issued by: Department of Health, KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government
25 May 2009
Source: Department of Health, KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government (http://www.kwazulunatal.gov.za/)
