Engcobo<\/p>\n
The State of the Nation Address (SoNA) Public Education engagement was recently held at the Municipal Council Chambers, with Hon Mayor Cllr Siyabulela Zangqa encouraging young people to be visionaries and explore employment opportunities.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the event, Mayor Zangqa emphasized the importance of leveraging platforms, including social media, to their advantage. The programme, in partnership with the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) – Eastern Cape, aimed to raise awareness, engage, and educate citizens on the key priorities of the State of the Nation Address.<\/p>\n
Focus Areas included Youth development, Employment, Poverty alleviation and Entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n
The engagement provided a platform for information sharing, education, and dialogue on service delivery issues, employment opportunities, entrepreneurship, and access to funding and grant programmes aligned with SoNA commitments to economic growth and inclusive development.<\/p>\n
Participating Stakeholders included:<\/p>\n
The event was attended by various stakeholders, including:
\n\ud83d\udc49 Ngcobo Business Forum
\n\ud83d\udc49 Disability Forum
\n\ud83d\udc49 Eastern Cape Department of Agriculture
\n\ud83d\udc49 Department of Employment and Labour
\n\ud83d\udc49 Stats SA
\n\ud83d\udc49 National Youth Development Agency
\n\ud83d\udc49 Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEDEAT)
\n\ud83d\udc49 Department of Social Development
\n\ud83d\udc49 South African Youth Council
\n\ud83d\udc49 Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)<\/p>\n
Mayor Zangqa’s message was clear: young people must be proactive and take advantage of the resources available to them to build a brighter future.\u00a0 Source-Dr AB Xuma Municipality<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Engcobo The State of the Nation Address (SoNA) Public Education engagement was recently held at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":950,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946\/revisions\/950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}