KwaZulu-Natal Legislature Rolls Out a Constituency Awareness Campaign On COVID-19

The KZN Legislature will embark on a constituency awareness campaign on COVID-19 following the address by His Excellency, the President of the Republic, CM Ramaphosa on the outbreak of the corona virus (COVID-19).

In its Strategic Leadership meeting held on the 17 March 2020, the Legislature resolved that that an outreach programme to KZN Constituencies should be formulated and driven by the Office of the Chief Whip. This will be an awareness programme where Honorable Members will distribute knowledge on the virus with the aim of containing the spread of the virus and makes its contribution to the fight against the pandemic.

“There will be a delegation of MPLs deployed to each District in line with their Respective Party Constituency Deployment, and the message is clear we do not want any further infections and honorable Members will be our Ambassadors as we appeal to communities to follow the instructions of health practitioners, and our government”, said the Speaker of the Legislature Hon Nontembeko Boyce

The constituency awareness programme will take place on 24 March 2020 across all 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal including Ethekwini Metro

Attached is the programme for the day.
Members of the media are invited to attend and cover the campaign.
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ISSUED BY THE KWAZULU-NATAL LEGISLATURE OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

For more information contact:
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Office of the Speaker Media Liaison
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