05 February 2022

Media Advisory

In the run up to this year’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), the Minister of Social Development, Ms Lindiwe Zulu, will conduct a series of service delivery oversight visits in the Western Cape Province.

The visits will entail interaction with a number of community based organisations engaged in training, skills and employment opportunities for young people, who according to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey are disproportionately affected by the record high levels of unemployment in South Africa. Amongst these engagements, Minister Zulu will host a dialogue with young women in Saldanha Bay area, which will be preceded by a visit to Mfesane, a youth development and empowerment organisation funded by the National Development Agency (NDA). Through grant funding, the NDA has established a number of start-up businesses for youth entrepreneurs within the Saldanha Bay area. 

Minister Zulu will also launch the Social Security Review, a peer reviewed publication that offers in-depth discussions on topical issues and studies on social security and also conduct a public participation programme focusing on gangsterism and the intersection with drugs, violence and other social ills in Lavender Hill. 

The full schedule of Minister Zulu’s oversight visit is as follows:

VISIT TO MFESANE NPC

Date:   Tuesday, 8 February 2022

Time:   09h00 – 10h30

Venue: 5 Hill Street, Vredenburg

DIALOGUE WITH YOUNG WOMEN

Date:     Tuesday, 8 February 2022

Time:    11h00 – 12h00

Venue:  Saldanha Bay Multipurpose Centre

LAUNCH OF SOCIAL SECURITY PUBLICATION 

Date: Tuesday, 8 February 2022

Time: 17h00-21h00

Venue: Virtual

SALESIAN INSTITUTE YOUTH PROJECT

Date:   Thursday, 10 February 2022

Time:   08h30 – 09h30

Venue: 2 Somerset Road, Green Point- Cape Town 

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME

Date:   Friday, 11 February 2022

Time:  10h00 – 13h00

Venue: Lavender Hill High School Hall

Members of the media are invited to attend and cover Minister Zulu’s oversight visit in the Western Cape Province. RSVPs may be forwarded to Ms Nomfundo Lentsoane on 066 480 6845 / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / or Mr Jaconia Kobue on 063 249 5120 or 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 forwarded to Ms Lumka Oliphant on 083 484 8067 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.