COGTA Minister and Joburg Mayor visit Soweto informal settlements for winter safety campaign

JOHANNESBURG - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlanisa and Joburg Mayor Dada Morero visited informal settlements in Soweto on Saturday to conduct a winter safety campaign.

The programme kicked off in the Nomzamo and Ezimbuzini informal settlements, and included door-to-door awareness drives, school exhibitions, emergency evacuation training, and workshops.

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This initiative aims to equip residents with the knowledge and tools to prevent disasters stemming from adverse weather conditions or fires, which often ignite as they try to keep warm during winter.

"Mayor [Dada] Morero says 'one of our priorities as the city is to take care of the poor and vulnerable through the Expanded Social Programme and lifesaving, disaster preventative campaigns especially during Winter. So, the strategy is to align the activities of the Ministerial Outreach Programme on the day with the CoJ Winter Risk Awareness Campaign, which includes community workshops, door-to-door awareness drives, school exhibitions and emergency evacuation training'," said Johannesburg communications officer Virgil James.