KwaZulu-Natal Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube led the Provincial Government Human Rights Commemoration event in Mkhanyakude District Municipality at Makhasa Stadium on Thursday, 28 March. Accompanied by MEC for Transport, Community Safety, and Liaison Sipho Hlomuka and Law Enforcement officers, she launched the Provincial Easter Weekend Road Safety Plan. Additionally, the Premier visited a water storage facility and seven boreholes in the Nompondo area at the Nkostina Location in Ward 8.

During the Human Rights Day commemoration at Makhasa Sports Field under Hluhluwe Big 5 Local Municipality in uMkhanyakude District Municipality, Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube delivered a keynote address on Thursday, 28 March 2024.

"This event marks the conclusion of the annual commemorations of the Human Rights Month. However, human rights are everyday issues. For Government service delivery to the people, provision of clean water, road safety are fundamental human rights that our people must always enjoy. It is what those who lost their lives in Sharpeville fought and died for," said Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube.

The Human Rights Day, commemorated on 21 March, is steeped in remembrance of the 69 innocent South Africans brutally massacred by the apartheid police in Sharpeville in 1960. This day finds expression in the South African Constitution’s Bill of Rights. This year’s commemoration was observed under the theme: "Three Decades of Respect for and Promotion of Human Rights."

The Premier also used the occasion to wish the people of KwaZulu-Natal a happy and safe Easter weekend. "Over the next few days, our people will join millions of others across the world in their spiritual revival. Christians will observe Easter and Jews will mark the festival of Passover. We wish all our people well as they memorialize their faiths. We once again come together as a nation of diverse cultural and religious backgrounds and remain as one nation," concluded the Premier.

As scores of people embarked on an Easter pilgrimage to different places of worship, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube urged them to be vigilant on the roads so that they arrive alive in their different destinations. She cautioned that law enforcement authorities would be out in full force to ensure that road users adhered to road rules and regulations. The Premier made this statement during a pre-Easter roadblock on the uMtubatuba offramp on Thursday, 28 March 2024.

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