MEDIA RELEASE
NO. 679/ 2009
21 OCTOBER 2009

The City of Cape Town, in partnership with the Provincial Department of Transport, will host the KhayePlain Funride on Saturday to promote Non-Motorised Transport in Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha.

Councillor Elizabeth Thompson, the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Transport, Roads and Stormwater, will officiate at the event.

Date: Saturday, 24 October

Time: 10:00 (Registration will start at 08:00 and is free)

Venue: AZ Berman Primary School, Off AZ Berman Drive (opposite the Promenade Shopping Complex) Mitchells Plain

The event will end at the Khayelitsha Cricket Oval off Walter Sisula Drive in Khayelitsha at 13:00.

All media are welcome to attend.

Members of the public are encouraged to bring their feet, their bicycles, their skateboards and wheelchairs and to picnic with friends and family.

The KhayePlain Funride
“Let cycling and walking work for you.”

For further enquiries and information contact Greg Hendricks on Tel: 021 400 4722


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ISSUED BY:
LISLE BROWN
MEDIA LIAISON OFFICER
CITY OF CAPE TOWN
TEL: 021 400 3065 CELL: 084 888 1901


MEDIA QUERIES:
COUNCILLOR ELIZABETH THOMPSON
MAYORAL COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR TRANSPORT, ROADS AND STORMWATER
TEL: 021 400 1218 CELL: 084 616 0497

ELIAS TUKUSHE
HEAD: UNIVERSAL ACCESS & NON-MOTORISED TRANSPORT
CITY OF CAPE TOWN
TEL: 021 400 3583 OR CELL: 084 900 0914