Media Invitation
To: All media
26 November 2025
DEPUTY MINISTER MGCINA TO HOST THE GENDER BASED VIOLENCE AND FEMICIDE
(GBVF) AWARENESS CAMPAIGN AT COPESVILLE SPORTS GROUNDS,
PIETERMARITZBURG, MSUNDUZI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY, KWAZULU NATAL
The Deputy Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Ms Phumzile Mgcina, will host
a Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) Awareness Programme as part of
Government’s 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children
campaign. The event will take place in the Msunduzi Local Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal,
on 28 November 2025.
Held under the theme “Letsema: Men, Women, Boys and Girls Working Together to End
Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF),” the programme aims to promote a
society free from violence by encouraging shared responsibility across all sectors,
genders, and age groups.

Members of the media are invited to attend and cover the event that is scheduled follows:
Date : Friday, 28 November 2025
Time : 10h00
Venue : Copeville Sports Grounds, Pietermaritzburg, Msunduzi Local Municipality,
KwaZulu Natal

Please RSVP by contacting: Mr Johannes Mokobane, johannes.mokobane@dmpr.gov.za; /
mediadesk@dmpr.gov.za / 0827663674
For media enquiries and possible interview opportunities, please contact:
Ms Lerato Ntsoko – Lerato.ntsoko@dmpr.gov.za / mediadesk@dmpr.gov.za/ 082 459 2788

Issued by the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources