MEDIA ALERT

MEC FOR TRANSPORT HOSTS AN INTERFAITH PRAYER GATHERING

KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison will be hosting an interfaith gathering for road safety on Sunday (28/11/2004) in Ladysmith at Settlers Park at 10am where religious leaders from different faiths will be praying for a safe summer holiday season.

A similar gathering hosted by Transport CEO, Dr Kwazi Mbanjwa will also be held at 10am at Carries Fountain in Durban.

On Tuesday (30/12/2004), Cele will officially open the Mpisi River Bridge in Maphumulo, near Stanger at 10am. This bridge will unite communities that have been divided by the river and make it possible for school children to attend school during the rainy season.

On Wednesday (01/12/2004), Cele will be handing over R10 000 worth of equipment to four schools that participated in the department's provincial evaluations of the Road Safety Participatory Education Techniques Project (PET).

PET is one of the initiatives undertaken by the KZN Department of Transport to raise road safety awareness at grassroots level by asking schools to identify road safety problems that have a negative impact on their communities.

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