Media Advisory 

The Minister for Social Development, Ms Bathabile Dlamini, will on Friday, the 2nd of November 2012, visit Strydenburg Community in Prixley KaSeme District Municipality in the Northern Cape.

The purpose of the visit is to evaluate progress made on developmental challenges identified last year during a service monitoring visit.  During her visit, Minister Dlamini will hand over food parcels to a number of households which have been identified for urgent and continuous social assistance through the South African Social Security Agency’s (SASSA) Social Relief of Distress (SRD) programme.

Minister will address the community through a public participation/community dialogue.  The visit is also aimed at contributing to poverty reduction and mitigating the impact of vulnerability through social assistance.

Minister Dlamini’s visit to this area forms part of Social Development Month and aims to engage communities to identify their challenges and put together action plans to deal with these challenges.  The campaign, held in conjunction with the National Development Agency (NDA) and SASSA, also aims to inform communities of the various social security programmes available to them and how these can be accessed.

The event starts at 11:00
Venue: Strydenburg

Social Development Month takes place every year in October