More millions for Kwambo

Hester van
Nieudorp

THE cheers and ululations of the thousands of women who attended Womens’ Day celebrations at the Mbonambi Primary school last week were heard three kilometres away.
This after KZN MEC for Public Works, Blessed Gwala announced his department’s latest multi-million rand empowering measures for local women.
Addressing a record crowd of about thee thousand women who attended the Municipal Women’s Day event, Minister Gwala said women had taken huge strides since the historic anti-pass marches in 1956.

Maintenance
‘But half of our community is still plagued by domestic violence, HIV Aids, rape and abuse.
‘This must stop. Women must mobilize to expose rapists and the cowardly perpetrators of domestic violence.
‘Fathers who deny their maintenance payments must also be brought to book,’ said Gwala, promising full government assistance to stop these evils and amid loud cheers.

Centres
‘My department is not just talking about evils and abuses.
‘I have decided that more than R3-million is to be spent here in KwaMbonambi to empower the NGO Ikusasalethu (Our Future).
‘This 4 000 strong women's movement, which now works from premises all over the Zululand region, I feel must be properly accommodated in proper administrative centres,’ said Gwala.
The minister said that multi-purpose centres scheduled for areas outside of Kwambo will empower women construction companies in the very first place.