On behalf of the Department, we like to salute men and women of steel, people who have spent virtually their lifetime in the service of the public, strengthening the machinery of government and sharpening the instincts of responsive governance. The Department of Public Works is part of government and as such has an obligation to improve public service and its deliverables. In November 2005, the Department launched the Service Delivery Improvement Programme popularly known as SDIP.
As part of its core functions, the Department of Public Works provides physical accommodation as well as maintenance and other facilities management services to the national legislature and the executive branches of our government including The Presidency. The appointment of the Facilities Management Company in that office provided a major impetus to service delivery and improved client satisfaction.
The National Construction Week is the brainchild of the Department of Public Works (DPW) and was conceived on behalf of government in recognition of the value the industry was adding to the social and economic life of the country.
Chief among those are the Umsobomvu Youth Fund, the Expanded Public Works Programme and the National Youth Commission. Both the Umsobomvu Youth Fund and the Department of Health are funding this programme which forms part of the National Youth Service piloted in conjunction with the National Youth Commission. The convention, we are told, will also propose the merger of the functions of the National Youth Commission and Umsobomvu Youth Fund to form a Youth Development Agency.
Government has realised the need to harness the strategic advantage of the built environment, including the construction industry, given the industry's pivotal role in providing infrastructure, promoting social cohesion and driving economic growth. In recognition of the value of this sector, the Department of Public Works in 1999 published a White Paper on the 'Creation of an enabling environment for the reconstruction, growth and Development in the Construction Industry'.
We have come together to hand over the completed construction work carried out on behalf of Government Communication by the National Department of Public Works. In this regard the National Department of Public Works has constructed nearly 20 Multi-Purpose Community Centres (MPCC) on behalf of Government Communications. One of the core functions of the National Department of Public Works is the provision of accommodation to government and its departments, including GCIS.
The Minister of Trade and Industry Dr Rob Davies and Deputy Minister Thandi Tobias-Pokolo will address residents of Soweto during the Gauteng leg of the national Anti-Piracy campaign that will be held at the Walter Sisulu Square, in Kliptown on Friday, 17 June 2011 from 10h00.
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>Date: Thursday, 18 November 2010 class="MsoNormal">The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Ms Thandi Tobias-Pokolo will address the 2010 Africa Investor Investment Climate Summit that will take place at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington DC, in the United States of America, on Friday, 8 October 2010.
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>The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Thandi Tobias-Pokolo has made an undertaking to assist music artists resolve problems that have been dogging the industry for a long time. Deputy Minister Tobias-Pokolo spoke at a three hour long meeting she had with more than 50 artists, music promoters and producers at a stakeholder briefing on intellectual property issues at the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) Campus in Sunnyside, Pretoria today.
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Since the democratic breakthrough, South Africa has established a relationship with Brazil based on common denominators, both economic and political. Brazil is also a major exporter to South Africa and as we want to see continuous investment in South Africa, we also want to see South African products entering the Brazilian markets.
>The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Thandi Tobias-Pokolo has called on South Africa and Cuba to speed up the signing of the agreement on the promotion and reciprocal protection of investment to encourage investment links between the two countries.>Tobias-Pokolo was speaking at the South Africa to Cuba Business seminar which was held at the Salon de la Solidaridad at the Hotel Habana Libre, Havana, Cuba, yesterday.
>The Deputy Minster of Trade and Industry (the dti), Thandi Tobias-Pokolo, says the South African government has never been more committed than it is today, to providing support to the automotive industry.>Tobias-Pokolo was delivering a keynote address at the Automotive Industry Conference 2009, hosted by the Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC).
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