Programme Director,
Premier of Gauteng Province, Mr David Makhura,
Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Mr Nathi Mthethwa,
Deputy Minister of Health,  Sinongiseni Dhlomo,
MEC of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation, Ms Mbali Hlophe,
MEC of Health, Dr Nomathemba Mokgethi,
Mayor of the City of Joburg, Cllr Jolidee Matongo,
Vaxx Ambassadors,
Head of the Health Working Group at Business for South Africa, 
Dr Stavros Nicolaou,
Distinguished Guests,
Members of the media 
Ladies and Gentlemen:

Today, we are honoured to be joined by leaders in business, sport, and the creative sectors in our society in a collaborative partnership to encourage and mobilise our communities to vaccinate. As we navigate the tribulations and devastating impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are inspired by the voices and messages from our artists, our sporting heroes and heroines, as well as leaders of various sporting bodies and cultural organisations.

In unison, they are all calling on everyone to vaccinate.

We have partnered in our collective commitment to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic by ensuring that we reach out to our communities through the Vaccination Social Mobilisation Campaign that we are launching today.  Our call-to-action to every South African is to vaccinate to reduce the rates of infections, hospitalisation and deaths. 

If we are to revive our vibrant creative industries, return to theatres and stadiums to play and enjoy sport and entertainment, it is important that our vaccination programme is accelerated to reach as many people as possible. 

We have no doubt that, with the active participation of leaders and practitioners in the creative sectors and sport, we will reach every village, every suburb and every street corner to get South Africans vaccinated.  

As part of this social mobilisation programme, we must reach out to educate communities about the benefits of vaccines, and dispel myths and the spread of fake and untrue conspiracy theories about vaccines. In that way, we will ensure that we eliminate vaccine hesitancy and save more lives in the process. 

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