Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday, 25 August 2017, address a formal sitting of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) at the Kaiser Sebothelo Sports Arena in Botshabelo.

The address concludes the week long NCOP Taking Parliament to the People programme which is currently underway in the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality – started on Monday, 21 August 2017.

The programme, held under the theme “Celebrating 20 Years of the Constitution and the NCOP - Deepening Parliamentary Oversight for quality services to our people,” is a platform for the public to hold their leaders accountable on issues raised through public hearings. Initiated in 2002, the programme enables the NCOP to exercise its constitutional obligation of overseeing government programmes and policies. The programme also gives ordinary citizens an opportunity to engage their elected public representatives face-to-face on issues affecting them.

In the spirit of cooperative governance the programme brings together all three spheres of government under one roof, to account to the electorate for their service delivery promises.

Details of the address are as follows:
Date: 25 August 2017
Time: 09h30
Venue: Kaiser Sebothelo Sports Arena, Botshabelo, Free State

Requests for accreditation can be sent to Manelisi Ntsodo on mntsodo@parliament.gov.za or call him on 081 716 2021, copying Modise Kabeli on mkabeli@parliament.gov.za or call him on 081 715 9969 by Thursday 24 August 2017 at 12 noon.

Details required are:
Full name
ID or passport number
Name of media house,
Designation (journalist, photographer)

Programme attached.