Members of the media are invited to cover an Eastern Cape leg of workshops by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform on Wednesday the 31 October 2012 and Thursday the 1 November on Communal Property Associations (CPAs) in East London. These workshops are in preparation for the National CPA workshop which will be held in Gauteng from the 9 – 10 November 2012.
Communal Property Association representatives and relevant stakeholders throughout the province are expected to attend. Discussions around the Communal Property Associations Act 28 of 1996 will form part of the core business of the workshop. Naturally, challenges and the successes of the Act will be debated.
Mention may be made that the CPA Act 28 of 1996 is meant, “To enable communities to form juristic persons, to be known as communal property associations in order to acquire, hold and manage property on a basis agreed to by members of a community in terms of a written constitution; and to provide for matters connected therewith”.
Other provinces like the Free State and the Northern Cape have already held their workshops.
The details for the workshop are as follows:
Venue: Regent Hotel
Dates: 31 October 2012 – 1 November 2012
Times: 8h00 – 17h00
Accreditation: Journalists who will be attending may be required to provide their press cards for their media organisation or any form of identity.
For RSVP and further information regarding the workshop kindly contact the following officials:
Kholekile Sonjica (Eastern Cape PSSC)
Tel: 043 700 7030
Cell: 082 419 5253
Tshepo Diale: (Communication Services)
Tel: 012 312 8532
Cell: 071 850 1751
