Media invitation
The minister of energy – Ms Dipuo Peters to officiate at the historic 5.6 millionth Switch-On at warrenton, at the Magareng municipality on the 6 June 2013.
Members of the media are invited to attend and cover the event at Warrenton, about 80km outside Kimberley where the Minister of Energy, Ms Dipuo Peters is scheduled to officiate at the electrification of the 5.6 millionth house.
The community will join the Minister, the Premier of the Northern Cape – Ms Sylvia Lucas and other dignitaries in celebrating the electrification programme of government and connections to houses since 1994 in both urban and rural areas. The country is 85% electrified and a new Household Electrification Strategy has been initiated to address the outstanding 15% through grid and non-grid means.
DETAILS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
VENUE : Ikhutseng stadium
TIME :8:30am FOR 9:00am
(Members of the media may collect their accreditation cards from Bronwyn and Marius. They will then be escorted to the first house at 9:00am)
This event is part of the broader governmental stakeholder engagement process which serves as a platform to engage and sensitise communities of programmes and projects that are geared to uplift the socio-economic wellbeing of South Africans.
For Media accreditation – Ms Bronwyn Thomas-Abrahams – Office of the Premier 0834476586
and Marius Nagel – GCIS – 0837789179
For interview co-ordination (Department of Energy)
Chief Director Communication – Ms Thandiwe Maimane- 0836457837