South Africa Government

05/20/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/20/2021 06:37

Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma hosts Youth Hackathon Consultative Session, 21 May

Minister Dlamini Zuma in partnership with the NYDA will host a consultative session (Hackathon) with the youth on building new democratic cities

The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, in partnership with the Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), Waseem Carrim, will host a Youth Hackathon Consultative Session under the theme '#Building_Together'.

The purpose of this hackathon is to solicit inputs and participation on the conceptualisation of new democratic cities that are reflective of spatial integration representative of the democratic dispensation demographics. To ensure inclusivity CoGTA has adopted the hackathon concept as vehicle to drive consultative stakeholder engagement sessions in keeping with principles of #Building_Together.

To build truly democratic cities we must engage all of society for collaboration and co-production particularly the youth as they constitute the future, said Minister Dlamini Zuma.

CoGTA as tasked with coordinating all of government through the District Development Model and the NYDA equally charged with the responsibility of Youth development, it is logical comprehensible for the two partners to co-champion the process of engaging all of society in the spirit of #Building_Together.

Details of the Youth Hackathon are as follows:
Date: Friday, 21st May 2021
Time: 14h00 for 14h30
Platform: Zoom

Meeting ID:922 9437 2335 | Passcode: 405480

Zoom Link: https://bit.ly/3eXI8Dv(link is external)

Media Participation: Journalists may view the Youth hackathon via live streaming on the South African Government and NYDA social media channels on the links below:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/GovernmentZA(link is external)

Twitter: http://twitter.com/NYDARSA(link is external) Or http://twitter.com/GCISMedia(link is external)

Media enquiries:
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Cell: 082 088 5060