I'm pretty disappointed that I can't attend the COPE Election manifesto launch in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.
So this post is an encouragement to others to go. And take pictures and report back to us. So we can live vicariously through you :)
News reporting of these kinds of events is usually awful, all you see is shots of people in yellow shirts and two minutes of some big shot making a speech. But what we really want to know, is how did it *feel* to be there? What were people talking about, what were people getting excited about? What was the response of the crowd like?
So yes, please go and let us know!
The details are:
THE MANIFESTO LAUNCH, PORT ELIZABETH THIS WEEKEND!!!
Manifesto Launch Programme – Kwa Zakhele township, Wolfsen stadium, Port Elizabeth, 24 January 2008
A New Agenda for change and hope for all
08:00 Gates open for arrival of attendants
09:00 – 10:30 Light entertainment by Deborah Fraser and other groups
10:30 – 11:00 Arrival of leadership and a walk about.
11:00 – 12:00 Commencement of formal Programme
MC: Mbazima Shilowa
• National anthem
• Welcome address by COPE chair in the Eastern Cape
• Interfaith prayers
• Item of song: Bala Brothers
• Acknowledgement of dignitaries
• Messages of support
12:00 – 12:15 Recruitment announcements by MC
12:15 Manifesto keynote address by President of COPE:
Mosiuoa Lekota
13:00 Change for Hope concert MC: Hlomla Dandala
Various artists
15:00 Rally concludes
If you are in need of transport, there are contact details for regional COPE leaders on the COPE Eastern Cape Facebook page, and details of transport arrangements should be up on that same Facebook page soon.
And if you are in the Grahamstown region and you want transport you can also drop me a line and I will give to contact details for COPE people from here
:)
