 
MEDIA ALERT
GLENDALE IMBIZOSUNDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 2004 AT 10H00 KwaZulu Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Mr. Bheki Cele will visit one of the poverty stricken areas in the north coast of the province as part of his vision of Defending the Weak in KZN. The imbizo will be held at Bidakona Primary School under Inkosi Luthuli Tribal Authority. Glendale is amongst the underdeveloped areas in the province and is situated in the rural outskirts near Stanger under KwaDukuza Municipality. Community development and service delivery is just a foreign language to this community as the area has never been developed since the call from the 1960’s. Post 1994 concerned members of the community continued to cry out loud for help in the area that is surrounded by a very dry and depressing environment without electricity, proper roads, and kids running around waving to strangers driving by, and some of them walking long distances to get water from the dam. The MEC’s visit to the area comes after a community initiative of inviting service delivery in the area. The main objective of this Imbizo is for the MEC to hear all the concerns from the members of the community and thereafter finds ways of keeping his promise of Defending the Weak. The communities have requested road access to some areas that can bring about economic growth and development to the poorest of the poor, and so the department slogan says, "Akuwona umcebo wezwe owakha imigwaqo kodwa imigwaqo eyakha umcebo wezwe". For Transport and Media contact: Mawande Jubasi on 082 8055 748.
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