The UN has pledged more than R20 million in
financial support to KwaZulu-Natal in efforts to rebuild and redevelop sectors
of its economy and society that were affected by the civil unrest in July this
year.
The UN representative said the R20million was an
initial pledge to the province
The UN’s resident coordinator and head of
the UN in South Africa, Nardos Bhekele-Thomas, said that the funds would be
used to support programmes geared towards the development of education, social
cohesion and gender-based violence shelters in KZN.
Bhekele-Thomas and the KZN provincial government, under the leadership of Premier Sihle Zikalala, signed a memorandum of understanding at the International Convention Centre in Durban
Done by Lizeka Tsotetsi
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