North West Premier Kaobitsa Bushy Maape will lead a memorial service of the late Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu at Klerksdorp in the City of Matlosana Local Municipality. Archbishop Emeritus Tutu was born in Klerksdorp in 1931. In 2001 he was awarded the Freedom of the City of Matlosana and had one of the main streets named after him.
Premier Maape will be accompanied by the City of Matlosana Local Municipality Executive Mayor, Councilor James Tsolela, Bishop of Anglican Church in the Matlosana Diocese Stephen Diseko, Provincial Chairperson of the South African Council of Churches Bishop Victor Phalana, other leaders of Faith Based Organisations as well as members of the community.
The service will be preceded by a prayer session where dignitaries will also lay a wreath at Archbishop Emeritus Tutu's birth place.
Members of the Media are invited to cover the event as follows:
Date: Thursday, 30 December 2021
Prayer session and laying of wreath
Time: 10H00
Venue: Makweteng (Klerksdorp)
Memorial Service
Time: 12H00
Venue: Klerksdorp Auditorium.
For enquiries,
Sello Tatai
Spokesperson to the Premier
North West Provincial Government
Cell: 064 756 2510& 082 450 7842
E-mail: statai38@gmail.com
Or
Mr. Brian Setswambung
Provincial Head of Communication
Office of the Premier
North West Provincial Government
Cell: 076 012 4501
E-mail: bsetswambung@nwpg.gov.za
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