INVITATION TO THE PROVINCIAL UNDERAGE DRINKING SUMMIT

INVITATION TO THE PROVINCIAL UNDERAGE DRINKING SUMMIT
The MEC for Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism Honourable
Nonkqubela Pieters invites all media to the Provincial Underage Drinking Summit that will
be hosted in East London at Abbotsford Christian Centre.
This summit will be a transformative platform, fostering strategic partnerships,
collaboration, and unity in driving underage drinking initiatives in the province.
The current underage drinking challenges experienced by the Eastern Cape communities,
including an emerging abhorrent culture of pens down parties, need concerted efforts by
all stakeholders and role players to ensure that a rigorous and sustained collaborative
approach is adopted to effectively curb underage drinking. The Provincial Underage
Drinking Summit will, therefore, give impetus to the efforts of strengthening and
empowering society to be able to play its role in alleviating underage drinking.
The Summit will offer an exciting opportunity/platform for myriads of stakeholders,
professionals, and practitioners from national and provincial spheres of diverse disciplines
for effective and impactful deliberations on a how to enhance collaborations on the fight
against underage drinking.

The Summit is scheduled to take place as follows:
Date: 28 th June 2025
Time: 08H00 – 18H00
Venue: Abbotsford Christian Centre, East London
For any enquiries, please contact
Mgwebi Msiya at 060 501 6418/ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./
Ncedo Lisani 066 485 0501/ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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