The Durban University of Technology invites members of the media and public to a discussion on the whoonga predicament in the city of Durban. This public discussion will be jointly hosted by the DUT Urban Futures Centre (UFC) and the Diakonia Council of Churches. The discussion will take place on Wednesday, 25 June 2014 at 17H00 in the DUT’s Engineering Science Built Environment (ESBE) boardroom, Level 3, S4 (S Block building) on the Steve Biko Campus in Durban.

Multiple stakeholders, including eThekwini Municipality’s Senior Manager for Safer Cities, Ms Nomusa Shembe; Umbilo SAPS Station Commissioner Colonel Gerard Mkhize and Umbilo Community Policing Forum Chairperson, Ben Madokwe; will give presentations at the start of the public discussion.

The aim of the discussion is to bring together as many stakeholders as possible to find the most appropriate, effective and socially-just means of resolving this predicament. DUT and the Diakonia Council of Churches hopes that a shared and considered solution can be deliberated through bringing together the relevant stakeholders. If you are interested in joining the conversation and tabling your solutions, then please feel free to attend the meeting.

The event will take place as follows: