The Minister for Social Development, Ms Bathabile Dlamini, will on Friday, 19 October 2012, visit uMzimkhulu Community in KwaZulu-Natal to launch a new South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) Office which will bring social security services closer to the community of uMzimkhulu.
The event will start at uMzimkhulu Further Education and Training College where the Minister will be addressing members of community through public participation/community dialogue. The visit is also aimed at contributing to poverty reduction and mitigating the impact of vulnerability through social assistance.
Minister Dlamini’s visit to uMzimkhulu forms part of Social Development Month and aims to engage communities to identify their challenges and put together action plans to deal with these challenges. The campaign, held in conjunction with the National Development Agency (NDA) and SASSA, also aims to inform communities of the various social security programmes available to them and how these can be accessed.
The event starts at 09h00.
Social Development Month takes place every year in October.
Media enquiries:
Lindo Nkomonde
Cell: 082 790 6108
E-mail: lindokuhlen@dsd.gov.za
Paseka Letsatsi
Cell: 082 883 9969
E-mail: PasekaL@sassa.gov.za.
