Media Alert: Bursary Award Ceremony

The Department of Transport and Public Works under the leadership of Minister Skwatsha invites you to a bursary award ceremony tomorrow. The Department is proud to announce that it has made funds available to sponsor 12 full-time bursaries to needy students from across the Western Cape. Over the years the Department has enabled students to pursue studies in fields ranging from Civil Engineering, Architecture to Transport Economics.

For the first time this year two of the twelve students came from the Department's Experiential Training Programme where students are placed with the various disciplines in the Department.

This year's group of recipients covers a wide range of geographic space, from Atlantis in the West Coast through Nyanga East, Wellington right up to Beaufort West.

Minister Skwastha and his Head of Department will be handing out the award certificates to the twelve recipients at a ceremony to be attended by the students and their parents/guardians. Commenting on his Department's bursary scheme Minister Skwatsha said, "This is my department's effort to fund scarce skills in the technical sector by ensuring that Black students have access to necessary funding. This is also our contribution to iKapa elihlumayo to grow the Western Cape through skills development."

Details of the ceremony are as follows:
Date: Tuesday, 18 January 2004
Venue: Cape Town Lodge, Corner Buitengracht and Dorp Streets
Time: 14h00 - 15h30

Lunch will be served at 15h30

Issued by:

Phumzile Wewe Simelela
Manager: Strategic Communications
Department of Transport, Public Works
Tel: 021 483 5491
Fax: 021 483 5068
Cell: 083 641 5188

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