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2010/05/04
T Makwetla: Defence and Military Veterans Dept Budget Vote 2010/11
On Friday 30 April, the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Minister Sisulu opened the offices of the new Department of Military Veterans in Irene, Pretoria.
This development heralds a new era in the history of the military in this country, especially in the lives of those who sacrificed for freedom. We now have a firm policy in government of support for military veterans. The team evaluated several experiences on how governments provide support to military veterans. [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=10407&tid=10424 Size: 12KB Speaker: T Makwetla Collection: speeches_cms
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2009/05/14
T Makwetla to attend Third Ordinary Meeting of Ministers of Safety and Security, 14 to 15 May
The Deputy Minister of Defence, Thabang Makwetla is to pay a two-day visit to Ethiopia to attend the 3rd Ordinary Meeting of Ministers of Defence and Safety and Security at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa.The purpose of the meeting for Ministers of Defence and Safety and Security is to consider the progress made in the operationalisation of the African Standby Force, and consider proposals for further implementation. The meeting will also be attended by African Chiefs ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=1998&tid=2017 Size: 1KB Collection: speeches_cms
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2009/04/02
T Makwetla: South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) congress
Thank you for inviting me to address the Tri-Annual Provincial Congress of the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU). As the Provincial Government, we have continuously enhanced hands-on support to municipalities to strengthen their capacity to meet service delivery targets in line with the Five Year Local Government Strategic Agenda. The role of local government in advancing people-centred development in the country is best reflected in the words of our former president Nelson ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2009/09040217151001.htm Size: 27KB Source: Mpumalanga Provincial Government Speaker: T Makwetla Collection: gov
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2009/03/26
T Makwetla: Premier's Disability Achiever Awards
They have championed initiatives that raise awareness and encourage positive social attitudes towards children, youth, women and adults with disabilities, and ensured that persons with disabilities have access to government services such as identity documents, disability grants and assistive devices. Through these awards, we celebrate the resilient spirit of persons with disabilities who have overcome the constraints of their own disabilities to reach out and assist persons with disabilities ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2009/09032711151001.htm Size: 16KB Source: Mpumalanga Provincial Government Speaker: T Makwetla Collection: gov
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2009/03/24
T Makwetla: Launch and graduation of Junior and Middle Management Development Programmes
The programmes we are launching today form part of our Accelerated Capacity Building Flagship, a government wide intervention to improve organisational capacity for accelerated development and service delivery. These include capacity for the implementation of the five year Local Government Strategic Agenda, enhancing integrated planning, monitoring and evaluation, performance management, accelerated management development, and implementing anti-corruption measures to mitigate organisational ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2009/09042911351001.htm Size: 13KB Source: Mpumalanga Provincial Government Speaker: T Makwetla Collection: gov
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2009/03/21
In all its manifestations, the liberation struggle was a quest towards creating a rights based society whose core values espouse the enjoyment of democratic freedoms, justice for all, human dignity and the progressive realisation of socio-economic rights. As we celebrate Human Rights Day, we must be reminded of our obligation not to take the human rights we are enjoying for granted, but should ensure that we entrench these rights to benefit future generations and sustain a human rights based ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2009/09042911251001.htm Size: 19KB Source: Mpumalanga Provincial Government Speaker: T Makwetla Collection: gov
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2009/03/12
T Makwetla: Water for All flagship project launch
Many of you will recall that as part of the 'Big Five' flagship programmes announced in our 2007 State of the Province Address (SOPA), the 'Water for All' flagship was prioritised to ensure that communities have access to water services infrastructure and clean water by 2010. As part of the implementation of the Water for All flagship, the Executive Council approved an initial allocation of R87 million towards the Nkomazi Water Intervention Plan aimed at addressing clean water supply ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2009/09031214151001.htm Size: 14KB Source: Mpumalanga Provincial Government Speaker: T Makwetla Collection: gov
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2009/03/12
T Makwetla on court ruling decision
We welcome and commend the decision by the Pretoria High Court this evening of setting aside the urgent interdict lodged by Mr Leroy Sibande, son of the late struggle veteran, Gert Sibande against the play commissioned by the Mpumalanga Provincial Government on the role and impact of the 1958 potato boycott in Bethal. Amongst others, the play is also aimed at recording and honouring the historical significance of the leadership of worker leader, Gert Sibande, by symbolically celebrating the ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2009/09031312151001.htm Size: 8KB Source: Mpumalanga Provincial Government Collection: gov
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2009/02/20
T Makwetla: State of the Province Address
Madam Speaker, the good news is that in spite of the drag we have sketched above, our province has again displayed growing capacity to deliver and accelerate development. Madam Speaker, we prioritised the need to enhance management and leadership performance to ensure that province is able to deliver on its development and service delivery priorities. Madam Speaker, the province also renewed the Memorandum of Understanding with the province of North Rhine Westphalia to strengthen co-operation... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2009/09022013151001.htm Size: 69KB Source: Mpumalanga Provincial Government Speaker: T Makwetla Collection: gov
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2009/02/19
T Makwetla to deliver state of the province address, 20 Feb
Mpumalanga Premier Thabang Makwetla will deliver his final State of the Province Address (SoPA) tomorrow (20/02/2009) at the Mpumalanga provincial legislature in Nelspruit. They include Maputo Development Corridor, Moloto Rail Development Corridor, Water for all, Heritage, Greening Mpumalanga Tourism and the Accelerated Capacity Building Project. This necessitated the province to initiate the 'accelerated capacity building' flagship as a direct response aimed at enhancing the skills base ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2009/09021915451001.htm Size: 10KB Source: Mpumalanga Provincial Government Collection: gov
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2009/01/13
T Makwetla to embark on back to school campaign, 14 to 16 Jan
Premier Thabang Makwetla together with MEC Mmathulare Coleman will accompany the Deputy President of the Republic, Baleka Mbete and the Minister of Education Naledi Pandor to KwaNdebele Science School in Siyabuswa as part of a 'Back to school' campaign. The aim is to encourage and support the learners and teachers to start the academic year on a high note. Thereafter, Premier Thabang Makwetla together with the MEC for Education Mmathulare Coleman will embark on similar programme that will... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2009/09011509451001.htm Size: 7KB Source: Mpumalanga Provincial Government Collection: gov
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2008/12/17
Mpumalanga Premier Thabang Makwetla, in collaboration with The Ridge Hotel in the Emalahleni Municipality (former Witbank), is scheduled to have a pre-Christmas lunch with seniors citizen and child headed households of the Steve Tshwete Municipality in the Nkangala District Municipality. Premier Makwetla will also distribute food hampers and blankets to the invited families. Details: * Lunch with child headed households Date: 18 December 2008 Venue: The Ridge Hotel, Emalahleni [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2008/08121713451001.htm Size: 7KB Source: Mpumalanga Provincial Government Collection: gov
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2008/12/09
T Makwetla: Maputo Development Corridor Flagship launch
These flagships, as argued for by the Executive Council in October 2006, include; (i)'Water for All', (ii) Accelerated Capacity Building, (iii) Heritage, Greening Mpumalanga and Tourism, (iv) Moloto Development Corridor, and, of course, (v) the Maputo Development Corridor Flagship which we are launching today. Today, there is little doubt that the Maputo Development Corridor has contributed to economic growth and development in the province. Nevertheless, despite these notable successes ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2008/08121014451001.htm Size: 19KB Source: Mpumalanga Provincial Government Speaker: T Makwetla Collection: gov
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2008/12/05
T Makwetla to unveil Maputo Development Corridor projects, 9 Dec
The Premier of Mpumalanga, the Honourable Thabang Makwetla, will launch one of the province's its 'big five' flagship projects, the Maputo Development Corridor, on Tuesday, 9 December 2008, in Nelspruit. The launch is taking place just weeks after the Mpumalanga province renewed and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Maputo City province and the Maputo province as part of efforts to maximise investment opportunities along the corridor, and to increase South Africa's economic ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2008/08120816451001.htm Size: 10KB Source: Mpumalanga Provincial Government Collection: gov
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2008/11/27
T Makwetla: Premier's Service Excellence Awards
Importantly, service excellence is an important measure of citizens' positive and pleasant experiences in their daily interaction with government. We must congratulate all the Premier's Service Excellence Awards finalists for their outstanding performance in various initiatives aimed at improving the quality of service delivery to the people of Mpumalanga. In congratulating the nominees of the Premier's Service Excellence Awards for the work well done, we must encourage the participation of ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2008/08121711451001.htm Size: 15KB Source: Mpumalanga Provincial Government Speaker: T Makwetla Collection: gov
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2008/11/26
T Makwetla to launch Heritage Greening Mpumalanga and tourism flagship programme, 2 Dec
The Premier of Mpumalanga, Mr Thabang Makwetla will launch the Heritage, Greening Mpumalanga and Tourism Flagship Programme at Songimvelo Nature Reserve on 2 December 2008. * Optimise the Mpumalanga province's tourism potential to facilitate economic growth, sustainable development and job creation. The tagline for the Heritage, Greening Mpumalanga and Tourism Flagship Programme is "Naturally Mpumalanga" in celebration of diverse and unique cultural and natural heritage that makes Mpumalanga ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2008/08112712151001.htm Size: 9KB Source: Mpumalanga Provincial Government Collection: gov
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2008/11/25
T Makwetla to attend Macfest, 29 to 30 Nov
Premier Thabang Makwetla delivers a keynote address at the Macfest The Mpumalanga Department of Sports, culture and Recreation will host a two day festival of youth and adult contemporary music to showcase the province as a preferred cultural and heritage tourism destination. The festival is aimed at celebrating artistic and cultural diversity, excellence of the province and to create opportunities for socio-economic development. [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2008/08112711151004.htm Size: 7KB Source: Mpumalanga Provincial Government Collection: gov
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2008/11/25
T Makwetla to launch employee health and wellness programme, 27 Nov
Premier Thabang Makwetla will launch the Provincial Employee Health and Wellness programme that forms part of Accelerated Capacity Building flagship programme whose aim is to promote and maintain the highest degree of physical, mental, spiritual, and social well being in all occupations. The event is scheduled as follows: Venue: Lowveld Showground Date: 27 November 2008 Time: 08h30 Issued by: Office of the Premier, Mpumalanga Provincial Government 25 November 2008 [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2008/08112711151003.htm Size: 7KB Source: Mpumalanga Provincial Government Collection: gov
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2008/11/25
T Makwetla tour Mbombela Stadium and address workers, 26 Nov
Premier Thabang Makwetla, accompanied by the members of the 2010 political committee will board helicopters to undertake flyovers of the stadium and precinct. Makwetla will also address the workers on site. Enquiries: Ntime Skhosana Tel: 013 766 2055 Cell: 082 496 6875 [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2008/08112714451004.htm Size: 7KB Source: Mpumalanga Provincial Government Collection: gov
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2008/11/25
T Makwetla to address Youth Excellence Award ceremony, 27 Nov
Premier Thabang Makwetla will deliver a keynote address at the service and Youth Excellence Award ceremony. The ceremony is aimed at honouring public servants, youth organisations and individuals who displayed commitment, innovation and excellence in the delivery of services to the society. Issued by: Office of the Premier, Mpumalanga Provincial Government 25 November 2008 [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2008/08112714451005.htm Size: 7KB Source: Mpumalanga Provincial Government Collection: gov