MEDIA ALERT

DATE 18 MARCH 2005
TO ALL MEDIA
ATTENTION: NEWS EDITORS / REPORTERS

 

"CELE ON A CAMPAIGN TO DISARM UMLAZI"

KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison Mr. Bheki Cele will be visiting Umlazi on the 22nd of March 2005, at King Zwelithini Stadium,09h30 on an ongoing Disarmament Campaign.

The campaign began in Ladysmith and was very successful, it went on to Harding and Ulundi and now it is coming to Durban. The campaign is aimed at social mobilization against illegal weapons and violence. The amnesty period began on the 1st of January 2005 and will end on the 31 March 2005. This period allows people to hand in their illegal firearms and ammunition without fear of prosecution.

The Minister will give an update of the illegal firearms and ammunition that have been handed to the police to date, in the whole country.

Cele is expected to address the police in the area about the Commission of Inquiry into police Inefficiency and Ineffectiveness and service delivery in the province.

The event will be blessed by local artists such as Ishmael, Deborah Fraiser, Spykos delicious, and Bravo.

All media invited. Note picture opportunities.

 

Issued By:  Mawande Jubasi
Director: Media Liaison & Public Relations
KZN Department of Transport
Cell: 082 805 5748

 

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