Minister of Social Development, Ms Bathabile Dlamini, will host a National NPO Summit which will focus on the need to strengthen relationships between government and the NPO sector. His Excellency, President Jacob Zuma is expected to grace the event and deliver a keynote address.

The Summit will be held under theme “Working Together to Fight Poverty, Unemployment and Inequality”. The Department of Social Development is working with Non-profit organisations to develop and improve the quality of service delivery throughout the country. This Summit is the culmination of Provincial dialogues that were conducted in all nine provinces.

The purpose of the Summit is to provide a platform for effective partnership between   government and Non-profit sector as mandated by the Non-profit Organisations Act 1997. The Summit will also assist in ensuring coordination and integration among all the stakeholders.

During the Summit, the following key issues will be discussed:

• Funding and Resource Mobilisation;
• Ten Point Plan and other priorities for partnership, and
• Capacity Building for NPOs.

Minister Dlamini will be accompanied by the Deputy Minister, Ms Maria Ntuli, the Premier of Gauteng, Ms Nomvula Mokonyane, and MECs for Social Development.

The Summit will take place as follows:
Date:     15 – 17 August 2012
Time:    08h30
Venue: Grace Bible Church, 1478 Dlebelendlovo Street, Zone 1, Pimville, Soweto

NB: Members of the media are invited to the Summit. All media houses that will assign journalists to the conference are kindly requested to comply with accreditation rules.

The following details are required from the Journalists who will cover the Summit:

• Full Name and Surname
• ID no
• Media House represented

RSVP must be done by Monday 13 August 2012.This information should be sent to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or call Jaconia Kobue on 082 313 4673/ Justice Ditshego on 079 497 7426.

Accreditation will be done at Grace Bible Church on August 14 2012. Only those who submitted their details will be accredited.

Enquiries: Ms Lumka Oliphant on 083 4848 067

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