Provinces chairperson pay tribute to the late Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri
7 April 2009
The Speaker of Parliament's National Assembly (NA), the Honourable
Gwendoline Mahlangu-Nkabinde and Chairperson of the National Council of
Provinces (NCOP), the Honourable Mninwa Mahlangu wish to express their
heartfelt condolences to the family of the late Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri on her
passing away on Monday, 6 April 2009.
Parliament has indeed lost a patriot and versatile member who was not only a
champion of provision of Information Communications Technology (ICT) to the
poor but also has footprints in other fields such as gender, education,
economic development and local government. The Honourable Matsepe-Casaburri was
a Member of Parliament (MP) and Minister of Communications from 1999 until her
untimely death.
She will be remembered in Parliament for bringing about policy shift in the
field of communications by helping the country to meet its socio-economic
challenges by realigning and repositioning itself in line with modern
international trends. Amongst other things, she initiated processes towards the
liberalisation of the communications sector through the amendment of existing
laws so as to make the country competitive in the ICT environment, the creation
and improvement of access to modern ICT infrastructure and provision of variety
of services by the service providers cheaper, especially to rural areas. In
this regard, a total number of 13 bills can be credited to her name.
Parliament wishes her family strength and courage to bear the loss which no
words can replace. May her soul rest in peace!
For enquiries, please contact:
Mr Lebogang Lance Nawa
Tel: 021 403 2683
Cell: 082 786 7326
E-mail: lnawa@parliament.gov.za
Issued by: Parliament of South Africa
7 April 2009
Source: Parliament of South Africa (http://www.parliament.gov.za)
