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Date
: 14/10/2005
Source: Ministry of Public Works
Title: S Sigcau: Learnership Gala Event
Speech by the Minister of Public Works, Ms Stella Sigcau, at
Learnership Gala Event, Buffalo City, Eastern Cape
The honourable MECs
The Executive Mayor of Buffalo City,
Executive mayors and Mayors
Honourable Members of national and provincial legislature
Municipal Managers
Directors General and other senior officials
Implementing partners ABSA, Construction
Education and Training Authority (CETA),
Independent Development Trust (IDT),
Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), government
officials, media
representatives, all those learners present here tonight, ladies
and gentleman
It gives me great pleasure to be presiding over this occasion, a
celebration in so many respects. We are here to honour national
political principals, provinces and municipalities who have signed
Memoranda of Agreements to implement the Expanded Public Works
Contractor Learnership Programme, partners who have supported this
endeavour and not least the learners who have taken the step to
acquire skills and knowledge that will allow them to take charge of
their own futures and hopefully form an integral part of the
national economy in their future careers.
The national Department of Public Works has been charged with the
task of co-ordinating the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP),
one of Government,