27 August 2021

Media Advisory

As part of addressing various social ills and challenges including teenage pregnancy, school dropouts, substance abuse and Gender-Based Violence, the Minister of Social Development, Ms Lindiwe Zulu, will on Saturday, 28 August 2021, address the Annual Mothers and Daughters dialogue in Benoni, Gauteng.

This initiative is part of Positive Vibrations Arts Foundation of Hope for Girls which provides assistance to girl learners with amongst other things; African Oral History, Constitutional Literacy, Leadership, Heritage and National Identity, Life Orientation, Arts, Culture and Sports, Debates and Public Speaking.

These efforts are aimed at empowering Grade 4 to 11 girl learners to live positive lives and also serve as a long-term investment towards preparing a new independent female who would soon take the overcome the challenges  of underdevelopment and stereotypes against women.   

Members of the media are invited to attend and cover the Mothers and Daughters Dialogue planned as follows:

Date:    Saturday, 28 August 2021

Time:   13H00

Venue: 3238 Mediterranean Sea Street, Chief Albert Luthuli Primary School no.2 Chief Luthuli Park Cloverdene, Benoni - Gauteng

Members of the media can RSVP by contacting Ms Sharlene Naiker on 082 673 5849 / e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and Ms Nomfundo Xulu-Lentsoane on 066 480 6845 / e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.    

ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Media enquiries may be directed to Ms Lumka Oliphant on 083 484 8067/ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.