The Minister of Social Development, Ms Bathabile Dlamini, will on 3 October 2012 launch the Social Development month in QwaQwa, Free State. The campaign seeks to create greater public awareness of the department’s programmes and services to tackle socio-economic challenges. These include amongst others, poverty, HIV and AIDS, social exclusion, child protection and substance abuse.
This campaign has proved to be fruitful in strengthening and mobilizing communities to be part of service delivery partnerships, and is rolled out in conjunction with the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and National Development Agency (NDA), who will also highlight the services available for communities from their entities and how these can be accessed.
Minister Dlamini will be accompanied by Deputy Minister of Social Development, Ms Maria Ntuli, MEC for Social Development in Free State, Ms Sefora Ntombela and senior managers from Social Development, SASSA and NDA.
The event will unfold as follows:
Site visits
Date: Wednesday, 3 October 2012
Time: 09h50
Venue: The Shoe Factory (Slovo Park) – a project run by community members
Time: 10h50
Venue: Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma Early Childhood Development Centre
Time: 11h30
Venue: Lethabong Early Childhood Development Centre (Official opening)
Main event
Time: 12h00
Venue: Bluegumbosch Stadium (Main road to Harrismith)
Members of the media are invited to cover the event.
The full programme for Social Development Month is available at www.dsd.gov.za.
RSVP:
Mr Jaconia Kobue
Cell: 082 313 4673
Ipeleng Morake
Cell: 071 850 8630
Enquiries:
Ms Lumka Oliphant
Cell: 083 4848 067
Mr Lindo Nkomonde
Cell: 082 790 6108
