Rejoice Mabudafhasi, Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, will deepen South Africa and the Kingdom of Lesotho’s cooperation on the development of Maloti-Drakensberg Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (TFCA) by officially handing over a cheque to her Lesotho counterpart, Ms Lebogang Ntsinyi, Minister of Tourism, Environment and Culture, for the upgrading of the tourist access road at Lesotho on Friday, 9 April 2010.
In the second phase of the programme, officials and members of the communities from the two countries will join hands in cleaning the Maseru Border post from 10h00.
The South African Government and the Kingdom of Lesotho started bilateral negotiations on cooperation from the 1970s with the initial collaboration focusing mainly on the management of fire within the Maloti and Drakensberg mountain region. Subsequent engagements, which featured the World Bank, broadened cooperation to aspects of conservation of biodiversity and community upliftment.
The details of the launch are as follows:
Date: Friday, 9 April 2010
Venue: Lesotho Sun
Time: 08h00 to 10h00
The media is invited to attend
RSVP:
Moses Rannditsheni
Tel: 012 310 3901
Cell: 082 448 2450
E-mail: MRannditsheni@deat.gov.za
Xolani Ngqoshela
Tel: 012 310 3078
E-mail: XNgqoshela@deat.gov.za
Enquiries:
Roopa Singh
Tel: 012 310 3566
Cell: 082 225 3076
E-mail: RSingh@deat.gov.za
Albi Modise
Tel: 012 310 3123
Cell: 083 490 2871
E-mail: AModise@deat.gov.za
Issued by: Department of Environmental Affairs
1 April 2010
