16 April 2007
Please take note of the forthcoming events which KwaZulu-Natal Premier
Sibusiso Ndebele will address:
Monday, 16 April 2007 commencing at 17h00 at the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
in Pietermaritzburg: The Premier will deliver his annual budget speech for the
department.
The Premier will also host a dinner after the budget speech to which
journalists are invited to attend. Journalists attending this event are
required to confirm their attendance by no later than 12h00 on Monday, April
2007.
On Tuesday, 17 April 2007 commencing at 09h00 at River of Life Christian
Ministries, 5 Coventry Place, Willowton, Pietermaritzburg the Premier will
address approximately 200 church leaders from all over the world who have
gathered for an international Church Leaders conference. The conference is
known as the River of Life Christian Ministries International Apostolic School
of Ministry and this is the 13th international conference being hosted by River
of Life Christian Ministries in Pietermaritzburg.
Journalists attending this event are required to confirm their attendance by
no later than 16h00 on Monday, 16 April 2007.
Conference organiser and conference media contact:
Rev TR Naidoo
Cell: 082 458 4040
Thursday, 19 April 2007, commencing at 15h30 at the KZN Legislature in
Pietermaritzburg: The Premier will deliver his annual budget speech for the
department: Royal Household. Journalists attending this event are required to
confirm their attendance by no later than 16h00 on Wednesday, 18 April
2007.
Friday, 20 April 2007 commencing at 17h30 at the Durban City Hall: The
Premier will deliver the keynote address at the annual Premier's Service
Excellence Awards. Premier Ndebele is extremely passionate about taking
government services to the people as well as affording the people an
opportunity to be consulted on the manner in which these services are
delivered. The citizens' perception of government is dependent on the manner in
which services are rendered by public servants within government
departments.
KwaZulu-Natal can be considered as a forerunner in terms of accelerating the
levels of government service delivery. Heightened levels of service delivery
amongst provincial departments are essential to ensure that citizens are
receiving optimal levels of delivery from government. To this end, the KZN
provincial government developed the KZN Citizen's Charter, which was aligned
with the Provincial Growth and Development Strategy, in order to further
enhance the service delivery mechanisms within the province.
The Office of the Premier in KwaZulu-Natal launched the Citizen's Charter
over 18 months ago. In accordance with the principles and ideals contained in
the Citizen's Charter, the annual Premier's Service Excellence Awards will be
hosted on Friday, 20 April 2007. The awards programme seeks to acknowledge and
honour those officials who go beyond the call of duty in the execution of their
deliverables, thereby instilling a sense of pride within them.
The Citizen's Charter has provided a platform to the different provincial
departments to outline their service delivery improvement plans wherein it is
essential to implement the principles of Batho Pele within the operations that
are undertaken by the relevant department. The Premier's Service Excellence
Awards is hosted by the Office of the Premier in partnership with
PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Standard Bank and City Press.
Journalists attending this event are required to confirm their attendance by
no later than 16h00 on Wednesday, 18 April 2007.
Logan Maistry
Spokesperson to Premier Ndebele
Cell: 083 644 4050
E-mail: maistryl@premier.kzntl.gov.za
Issued by: Office of the Premier, KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government
16 April 2007
