Saturday, July 21, 2007

Mbeki's Cape Town imbizo kicks-off today

Thabo Mbeki, the country's President

Mbeki is set to assess the state of service delivery during his visit in Cape Town

President Thabo Mbeki is to kick-off his two-day imbizo in the Western Cape today to assess the state of service delivery. Mbeki will share a public platform with Helen Zille, the DA leader and Cape Town mayor.

Cape Town's housing problems are expected to top residents' grievances. The visits begin against a backdrop of crime statistics released by the provincial government on Wednesday.

As part of his visit, Mbeki will tour one of the province's substance abuse projects in De Nova near Paarl, where he will come face-to-face with young people recovering from drug addiction. He will also visit Khayelitsha, before proceeding to Helderberg to take part in a community imbizo there.

The visit will end with the provincial government and the City of Cape Town presenting their respective programmes to the President tomorrow. - SABC

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