Issued by: Government Communications (GCIS)
The Department of Welfare will hold an International Volunteer Day in Soshanguve, Trauma Centre on Saturday 5 December 1998 with the theme `Victim Empowerment'.
On Wednesday 9 December 1998, the Departments of Justice and Constitutional Development will launch local train campaigns in six regions, i.e. Durban, Cape Town, Wits, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth and East London.
Slogans denouncng domestic violence will be painted on the trains under the theme `Local Governance'.
Facts sheets on all 16 themes will be available from all government outlets throughout the country in several languages, and the themes are National Conference on the SADC addendum to the Gender and Development Declaration; culture and Public Awareness; Domestic Violence, Rape and other Act of Sexual Violence; Femicide, The Girl Child; World Aids Day, Women with Special Needs, Economic violence, Sexual Harassment, Victim Empowerment; Offender Strategies; Batho Pele and Training; Early Life Development and Educations; Local Governance, International Human Rights and the National Crime Prevention Strategy and Crime Prevention.
CONTACT PERSON: FAIZEL DAWJEE - Government Communication Tel: (012) 314-2133