the dti TO SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL MANDELA DAY
South Africans and the international community
will tomorrow, 18 July 2014 celebrate the International Mandela
Day and devote 67 minutes to community work in an effort to change the world
for the better.
In support of this day, the Department of
Trade and Industry, (the dti) will spend
the day in Eersterust, Pretoria at the Child Welfare Tshwane and Thuto Lesedi Secondary School in Vosloorus, where they will be painting, cleaning, and
also donating cleaning material and clothes.
According
to Minister Rob Davies, President
Jacob Zuma in his State of the Nation Address encouraged South Africans to
embark on a major campaign to clean-up cities, towns, townships, villages, and
schools and beautify every part of the country. In addition, the dti will do a clean-up operation of Nelson Mandela Drive Francis Baard Street
“South Africans are encouraged to devote 67
minutes to community service, and I am hoping that the small contribution by
the staff of the department will not only give hope and inspiration to the
communities we will be visiting, but will also change their lives for the
better,” said Davies.
He
said Mandela Day is a call for action for individuals, for people everywhere to
take responsibility for changing the world into a better place, one small step
at a time, just as Nelson Mandela did.
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