The KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Dr Zweli Mkhize will on Tuesday, 1 December 2009, deliver a keynote address during the World AIDS Day celebrations at uMgungundlovu District.
The premier will join uMgungundlovu District Mayor, senior principals of various provincial departments and all relevant stakeholders in celebrating the World AIDS Day. This international event is celebrated in a different way this year as it will ensure that all relevant stakeholders of the district are enrolled into the Premiers Flagship Project, which is in line with Presidency's War on Poverty campaign, as the deliverables are more or less the same. Both seek to address issues at a household level.
UMgungundlovu District has a population of 1 001 890 with 80% to 90% of indigent people, spread in seven local municipalities, with most people being in Umsunduzi municipality. This district is burdened with a prevalence of the tuberculosis diseases and high prevalence of HIV and AIDS; voted 45,7% based on the ANC Seroprevalance Survey for 2009.
All members of the media are invited to attend and the programme of the day is as follows:
Date: 1 December 2009
Time: 08h00 to 09h00
Activity: Stakeholder Briefing
Venue: Mgungundlovu District, Council Chamber
Time: 09h00 to 11h00
Activity: Walk-about or door to door
Venue: France
Time: 12h00 to 12h30
Activity: Media briefing
Venue: Lay Centre, Edendale
Time: 12h30
Activity: Main event
Venue: Lay Centre, Edendale
Transport for the media will leave outside Durban Playhouse on 1 December 2009 at 07h30.
Kindly RSVP before 16h30 on Friday, 27 November 2009 to:
Nondumiso Shangase
Tel: 033 846 6991
E-mail: nondumiso.shangase@kzntreasury.gov.za
Ntokozo Maphisa
Cell: 082 7730 937
For more information please contact:
Musa Cebisa
Cell: 071 687 8777
Mondli Chilisa
Cell: 082 887 7676
Issued by: Department of Finance, KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government
25 November 2009
