Parliament’s Steering Committee on Youth Month led by its Chairperson Mduduzi Manana will tomorrow, Friday 24 June, visit Johannesburg’s Leeuwkop Correction Centre.
This visit is one of the activities of Parliament to mark Youth Month. Others include:
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A debate by Parliament’s National Assembly on 8 June on the theme of “a caring Parliament that advances youth development to achieve economic freedom”.
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A visit by Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Western Cape Rehabilitation Centre in Faure to interact with youth people at the facility.
At Leeukop, the Committee, accompanied by representatives from the National Youth Development Agency, will spend time with young prisoners, interacting with them, and going on a tour of the prison.
Mr Manana has explained that Parliament would “adopt” the Leeuwkop Prison and the Western Cape Rehabilitation Centre in Faure for a year. That means the committee and stakeholders will visit the facilities regularly to monitor progress around suggested interventions, report to Parliament on these oversight visits and engage the Executive.
Details of the event:
Date: 24 June 2011, Friday
Venue: Leeuwkop Correction Centre, Bryanston Johannesburg
Time: 10h00 to 12h00
Media wishing to attend or requiring more information should contact:
Nolizwi Magwagwa
Tel: 021 403 2465
Cell: 083 313 1323
E-mail: nmagwagwa@parliament.gov.za
Source: Parliament of South Africa
