Hani district, Eastern Cape province, as part of the Presidential Imbizo
9 October 2006
Deputy President, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, accompanied by Cabinet Ministers
and the Premier of the Eastern Cape, Nosimo Balindlela, will visit the Chris
Hani District Municipality as part of the country-wide Presidential Imbizo
programme intended to strengthen municipal capacity to deliver on their
mandate. The Imbizo will mainly take place in Queenstown and Engcobo over the
two days, Friday, 13 and Saturday, 14 October 2006.
This drive is part of a number of initiatives within Government's Programme
of Action, to support local government in delivering on among others, the
Integrated Development Plans (IDP) and Local Economic Development (LED). The
Deputy President and the leadership will also visit various local
municipalities with a view to interact with Accelerated and Shared Growth
Initiative for South Africa (AsgiSA) related projects as well as with
communities.
The Imbizo will directly seek to engage communities and stakeholders in the
implementation of Project Consolidate, as a practical, appropriate and national
programme to deal with challenges some of which will be raised during the
interactive sessions with councillors, municipal officials and communities.
Details of Imbizo:
Venue: Queenstown Indoor Sports Centre, Queenstown
Date: Friday, 13 October 2006
Time: 08h30
Media is requested to confirm by Thursday, 12 October 2006.
Confirmations/ enquiries to:
Luzuko Koti
Cell: 083 391 0073
Issued by: The Presidency
9 October 2006
