President Cyril Ramaphosa to address the National Council of Provinces

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday, 22 November 2018, address the National Council of Province (NCOP)’s Gauteng Provincial leg of Taking Parliament to the People.

The engagement will take place at the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.
 
The National Council of Provinces launched Taking Parliament to the People in 2002, to give communities first-hand experience of how parliamentary procedures work and to demonstrate accountability in action.
 
The week-long Taking Parliament to the People in the Gauteng Province began on 19 November 2018 and has entailed public participation hearings on the state of Home Affairs, Human Settlements, Health, Education, Security and Economic Development in the province.
 
Taking Parliament to the People visits provinces on a rotational basis, and in 2018 the focus is on Gauteng.
 
President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the NCOP’s session under the theme “Seizing the moment to chart a new course of action against poverty, unemployment, inequality and under development”.
 
Details of the NCOP Address are as follows:

Date: Thursday, 22 November 2018
Time: 09:00
Venue: Alberton Civic Centre, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality
 
Members of the media who wish to cover the address must send their details to Mlindi Mpindi on mmpindi@parliament.gov.za or 081 716 7329 and Nolizwi Magwagwa on nmagwagwa@parliament.gov.za
 

Media enquiries: Khusela Diko, Spokesperson to the President on 072 854 5707

Issued by: The Presidency
Pretoria