The Ulwazi Programme (along with the libraries’ CyberZone initiative) was officially launched on Wednesday, 5th May 2010 at the KwaMashu Library in Durban.  Programme leader Betsie Greyling provided a presentation on both programmes along with information on the new e-library services.

Guy Redman (Deputy Head Libraries & Heritage  at the eThekwini Municipality), Jacquie Subban (Head of the Geographic Information and Policy at the eThekwini Municipality) and Logie Naidoo (Deputy Mayor of the eThekwini Municipality) all spoke about the eThekwini Municipality’s SmartCity programme and how Ulwazi now forms a key component of this.  Representatives from local, provincial and national government were in attendance, along with with journalists, library staff and pupils from KwaMashu schools.

More photographs up on our Flickr group.