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Imbizo: Government meets with communities
6 April 2006
Building on last year’s Municipal Imbizo Programme, aligned with Project Consolidate, as well as eight previous Focus Weeks, all political leaders from the three spheres of government will meet with communities throughout the country at different izimbizo events. The National Focus Week, from 6 to 13 April, will intensify interactive communication around local programmes of action to promote effective and speedy implementation of the Accelerated Shared Growth Initiative of South Africa (AsgiSA) as well as other government programmes.
During this week Ministers, Deputy Ministers, and Local Government representatives will interact with communities to drive integrated government programmes for better and accelerated delivery (See Focus Week programme at http://www.info.gov.za).
The Focus Week will signal once more the significance of participatory democracy and highlight a growing government and community partnership, which underlies faster local development in municipalities. The Imbizo Focus Week will be followed by izimbizo by the President and Deputy President. Driven by government's programme for accelerating development and growth in local government these izimbizo will pay much attention on helping municipalities to move faster in finding and implementing strategies to accelerate service delivery and growth.
Further to this, in promoting government-community partnerships there will be intensified interaction of government leaders with ward committees and new local council leaders around action plans to develop local economic programmes, through Integrated Development Plan (IDPs), and consolidate management of municipalities for effective implementation of programmes meant to uplift communities. Stakeholder Izimbizo will also be included in an endeavour to strengthen interaction of government and community leaders as well as significant role players in the implementation of programmes intent on developing communities.
Enquiries: Baby Tyawa
Cell: 083 302 7657
Issued by: Government Communications (GCIS)
6 April 2006