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KZN DoT Salutes Women of the Department
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the MEC's Message 
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport recognises the important role of women
in the transformation of South Africa and the value of their social and economic
empowerment.
The Zibambele Road Maintenance Programme is one of the Department's well known
programmes, which is a form of labour intensive road maintenance in which a
woman-headed household is contracted to maintain a specific length of road.
Through this innovative programme, many women-headed households in the Province
are now able to put food on their tables and meet other pressing needs such as
schooling and health care.
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Zibambele has put to work women who would normally be
left out of any opportunity because of their poverty. In the process,
the long term prospects of the family are enhanced through improved
access to schooling, nutrition, training and credit. |
The investments made to the programme since its
inception in 2000 is itself a statement which shows the seriousness of the
Department to support pro-women as well as pro-poor programmes. Over 22 200
women are currently employed in the Zibambele Programme. From an initial budget
of only R10 million, the programme has gained momentum over the years, to a
magnitude of R120 million.
LADIES, WE SALUTE YOU FOR THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION YOU MAKE TO THE OVERALL
ACHIEVEMENTS
OF THE DEPARTMENT!!!
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