Home Affairs Minister and Chairperson of the Bertha Gxowa Foundation, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will on Tuesday, 27 March 2012 address the Bertha Gxowa Inaugural Memorial Lecture at the Bertha Gxowa Hospital in Germiston, Johannesburg.
The establishment of the Bertha Gxowa Foundation comes within the context of the centenary celebrations of the continent's premier liberation movement, the African National Congress. In this regard, during 2012 all our heroes and heroines who contributed to the country's liberation are being honoured.
The inaugural Bertha Gxowa lecture, which will be hosted by the Mayor of Ekurhuleni Mondli Gungubele, is part of a series of events that will culminate in the official launch of the foundation later in the year.
Participants in the evenings proceedings will include, amongst others, Deputy Minister of Health Gwen Ramagkopa, Deputy Minister of Education Hlengiwe Mkhize, Chairperson of Sasol Morris Radebe, South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Group CEO Lulama Mokhobo and South Africa's Ambassador to Italy and former Deputy Secretary-General of the African National Congress, Thenjiwe Mtintso.
The Bertha Gxowa Foundation is committed to contributing towards a society that nurtures a culture of vibrant discourse, reflection, acknowledgement and recognition of the role of women in the liberation struggle and other areas of society.
Accordingly, one of its foremost priorities will be to make visible and indeed, amplify, the hidden histories and contributions of women – known and unknown – and to integrate them into the centre of South African historiography.
As such, the Bertha Gxowa Foundation will serve as a flagship project aimed at laying a solid foundation for understanding, acknowledging and honouring the role in women in building sustainable communities and societies.
Media is invited as follows:
Date: Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Time: 18h00
Venue: Bertha Gxowa Hospital, Corner Joubert & Angus Street, Germiston
Please RSVP.
Directions & map: http://www.medpages.co.za/sf/index.php?page=organisation&orgcode=265762
Enquiries:Manusha Pillai
Cell: 082 389 3587
E-mail: pillai.manusha@gmail.com
