The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA), will on Friday, 08 March 2019, launch five projects meant to enhance community development in the province, at Gwambeni High School, Xihoko Village in the Greater Tzaneen local Municipality, in Limpopo.
The projects are brought by the Tirelo Bosha Public Service Improvement Facility, a programme that is facilitated by Department as part of cooperation agreement between the governments of South Africa and the Kingdom of Belgium to improve community development in the country. The projects are being implemented through the Limpopo Provincial Government and the Limpopo Economic development Agency (LEDA).
Since the cooperation agreement came into being in 2013, the DPSA has signed 66 agreements with various government departments and municipalities across the country aimed at funding service delivery improvements to the tune of R138 617 248 of which the five projects are amongst them. The projects include:
- Offline Content to schools without Internet connectivity. The project involves provision of access to offline content such as basic mathematics, dictionary, periodic table, workbooks and most of all previous years exam Papers to improve learning and teaching in schools without Internet connectivity.
- A public works programme focusing on research on alternative building construction materials.
- Emerging Farmers Portal and Mobile Application for farmers to interact with buyers
- Bio- Diversity Information Management System by the Limpopo Department of Economic Development.
- Limpopo Public Access Heritage Portal and Mobile Application by the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture.
Members of the media are invited to the event as follows:
Date: 08 March 2019
Venue: Gwambeni High School, Xihoko Village, Greater Tzaneen Municipality
Time: 09h00
Media enquiries:
Dumisani Nkwamba
Cell: 082 885 9448
Email: dumisani.nkwamba@dpsa.gov.za
