The new Minister for Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana and North West Premier Maureen Modiselle will on Saturday, 6 November 2010, lead the celebration of the National Children’s Day to be held at the Civic Centre in Rustenburg, North West.
Minister Xingwana and Premier Modiselle will first visit and interact with indigent children in the farming community of Naaupoort outside Rustenburg. The aim is establish challenges facing children from farming communities and enable government to respond to these challenges.
The National Children’s Day is celebrated under the theme: “Act for the Survival of all Children”.
At the Civic Centre, children will have an opportunity to discuss - from their own perspective - the poverty eradication, child mortality and access to education which also form part of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Recommendations from this consultation with children will be incorporated into the children’s programmes of the Ministry.
The media is invited to the event as follows:
Date: 6 November 2010
Venue: Civic Centre, Rustenburg in North West
Time: 09h00
Please RSVP with:
Proffesor Ndawonde
Cell: 078 456 5738
For enquiries contact:
Sibani Mngadi
Cell: 082 772 0161
