The Deputy Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, Ms Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams will, on Saturday, 26 August 2017, lead a dialogue under the theme, ICTs for women empowerment. The dialogue will take place during the provincial Young Women Summit hosted by Eastern Cape Transport, Safety & Liaison MEC, Ms. Weziwe Tikana.

Deputy Minister Ndabeni-Abrahams will be joined by the Minister of Tourism, Deputy Minister of Labour and the Department of Trade & Industry, who will also host sessions and engage with the 400 female learners, students and entrepreneurs on the various opportunities in their respective sectors.

Held during Women's Month, the Young Women Summit aims to:
- Facilitate enterprise development.
- Ensure that district and local municipalities adopt Young Women Empowerment Programmes.
- Facilitate networking and support of young women in transport, ICT, tourism and other key sectors.
- Develop an action plan for the provincial Young Women Empowerment Programme.
- Encourage young women to penetrate and succeed in the various industries through training, skills transfer, coaching and mentoring.

The summit will bring together government departments, State Owned Entities and Private Companies under the theme, "The year of OR Tambo: Women United in Moving South Africa Forward."

Members of the media are hereby invited as follows:
Date: Saturday, 26 August 2017
Time: 08h00 – 15h30
Venue: Mthatha Airport, Eastern Cape

Please note that journalists will be afforded interviews and photo opportunities.

For Enquiries/RSVP please contact Nthabeleng Mokitimi-Dlamini on 073 222 5522.

Distributed by APO on behalf of Republic of South Africa: Department of Government Communication and Information.