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Premier Shilowa to lead Gauteng's Women's Day celebrations
8 August 2008
The Gauteng Provincial Government, in partnership with the City of Tshwane will tomorrow be commemorating and celebrating Women's Day.
The day's activities will start with the health walk where about 20 000 women will gather at Church Square before making their way to the Union Buildings through Church Street. Thereafter, Premier Mbhazima Shilowa will deliver a keynote address.
The theme for the 2008 Women's Day celebrations is 'Business Unusual: All Power to Women!' The commemorative event for this year intends to build on the recent memorial events, in particular the recent commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the historic march to the Union Buildings. Progress has been made in the emancipation and empowerment of women in South Africa. Many more women have access to basic services such as housing, education, health, free basic electricity, economic status and full citizenship that does not tie them to marry men in order to access certain rights such a property and/or employment.
The political programme will be followed by entertainment by leading South African artists such as Ladies in Jazz, KB and Deborah Frazer.
Event details are as follows:
Date: Saturday, 9 August 2008
Time: 09h00
Venue: Union Buildings, Tshwane
For more information contact:
Nomazwe Ntlokwana
Tel: 011 355 2578
Cell: 083 507 8068
For Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture
Simon Zwane
Cell: 082 551 9892
For Office of the Premier
Issued by: Office of the Premier, Gauteng Provincial Government
8 August 2008