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10 December 2007

Eastern Cape Premier, Nosimo Balindlela will this evening Friday, 7 December 2007 give Balasela Excellence Awards to individuals, government departments and parastatals which, according to the Premier, have successfully implemented government programmes that are aimed at improving the lives of the people.

Premier Balindlela said: "Today we will be rewarding public servants who consistently go beyond the call of duty to ensure that the needs of the public are met, those who strive for excellence in everything they do and endeavour to bring about innovative and creative ways of responding to service delivery demands and those who put people first, in line with Batho People principles by treating people with dignity, respect and humility in the execution of their duties".

Premier Balindlela will also give awards to projects that have been successfully implemented by the government departments in the communities to alleviate poverty and for the development of communities.

Premier Balindlela and the entire leadership of the Eastern Cape committed the entire provincial administration to work tirelessly towards promoting a culture of excellence in public administration through the Balasela programme, because of its integrated service delivery improvement focus. "We hope that through the Balasela programme, we will engender service delivery excellence as a way of life amongst all public servants of the Eastern Cape Provincial Government" said Premier Balindlela.

Details of the provincial Balasela Excellence Awards event:

Date: 7 December 2007
Time: 18h30
Venue: East London Christian Centre

Enquiries:
Hlanga Mafani
Media Liaison Manager
Cell: 082 440 7949

Issued by: Office of the Premier, Eastern Cape Provincial Government
10 December 2007
Source: Eastern Cape Provincial Government (http://www.ecprov.gov.za/)