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Tasneem Essop, Western Cape Minister of Transport, Public Works and Property Management, will visit the Karoo in the next two days. Her visit is part of the National Imbizo Focus Week where national and provincial ministers cover the length and breadth of the country to launch various government initiated programmes. The Imbizo Focus Week also serves as a tool for government to touch base with the citizenry.

Of particular importance to the people of the Western Cape the Focus Week will serve to showcase the initiatives by the Department of Transport and Public Works, of which Ms Essop is the Minister. Through the Community-Based Public Works Programme (CBPWP), the department has been able to build access roads to poorer communities in the Karoo, where employment was drawn from the locals. This empowerment drive has enabled people to be able to put food on their tables. Below is the Minister's itinerary:

16 October

Activity: Beaufort Taxi Rank Opening
Venue: Beaufort West
Time: 08:30 to 10:00

Activity: Beaufort West Road Opening (CBPWP)
Venue: On the road to KwaMandlenkosi
Time: 10:30 to 12:30

Activity: Murraysburg Road Opening (CBPWP)
Venue: Town Hall
Time: 13:30 to 15:30

17 October

Activity: Witterwater Road Opening (CBPWP)
Venue: Leeu-Gamka Primary School
Time: 10:00 to 12:30

For enquiries contact: Phumzile Wewe Simelela
Tel: 021 483 2171
Fax: 021 483 2217
Cell: 083 641 5188

Issued by: Department of Transport, Public Works and Property Management

15 October 2003