Minister Lindiwe Zulu to celebrate women in the tax industry

According to the National Household Travel Survey Report from Statics South Africa (StatsSA), the public transport industry is accountable for 75 per cent of the South African population’s transportation, with over 40 per cent using the system for work-related purposes.

Since the minister’s first engagement will be with women in the taxi industry, Zulu will be attending the SA Taxi Women’s Day event which will be under the theme, Saluting Your Contribution to Society. By attending this event, Zulu’s objective is to celebrate women that are in the taxi industry, their contribution to society as well as to reaffirm the Department of Social Development’s acknowledgment.

In her address at the official launch of the Faith Mangope Technology and Leadership Institute, the Minister of Social Development will join fellow dignitaries in celebrating the role women play in instilling the prescribes of the 4th Industrial Revolution within the work environment.

The objectives of the Faith Mangope Technology and Leadership Institute are to educate, empower and equip young African women of the catalyst roles they play in ensuring that their importance as global ambassadors of new technology for self-sustainability is recognised.

The minister’s final address at St Luke’s Catholic Church forms part of the Department’s longstanding partnership with faith-based organisations in order to upsurge the demise of societal ills such as HIV/Aids infections, child abuse, unemployment, and gender-based violence.

These events take place on the eve of National Women’s Day which is celebrated under the theme: ’25 Years of Democracy: Growing South Africa Together for Women’s Emancipation’. For more information, visit the government’s website 

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