Deputy Minister of Communications, Ms Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams will, on Monday 19 September 2016, officially launch the Annual ‘Thusong Service Centre Week’ in Mossel Bay’s Thusong Service Centre, Western Cape.

The Deputy Minister will be joined by Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mr John Jeffery at the opening event.

The Annual ‘Thusong Service Centre Week’ was piloted in September 2014 and highlights government services offered to communities across the country.

As we observe Public Service month, the annual ‘Thusong Service Centre Week’ will focus on the important role that Batho Pele principles play in the Public Service.

The week will  profile the success stories of community beneficiaries of the Thusong programme and aims at promoting the significance of an integrated service delivery approach.

The campaign will run from the 19th to the 23rd of September 2016 under the theme: Moving the Public Service Forward: “We Belong, We Care, We Serve”.

Members of the media are invited to the launch as follows:

Date:              Monday, 19 September 2016

Time:             10h00

Venue:           Mossel Bay Thusong Service Center, Western Cape

RSVPs: Mbuyiseli Boqwana on 071 353 8747/ mbuyiseli@gcis.gov.za

Enquires: Nthabeleng Mokitimi on 073 222 5522/ nthabeleng@doc.gov.za