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Prime Minister Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini will tomorrow be a key speaker during the swearing in ceremony of over 30 United States Peace Corps in Swaziland
PRIME Minister Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini will tomorrow be a key speaker during the swearing in ceremony of over 30 United States Peace Corps at the Mountain Inn.
Prime Minister Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini will tomorrow be a key speaker during the swearing in ceremony of over 30 United States Peace Corps in Swaziland
PM to officiate at Peace Corps swearing in
26 August, 2009 10:00:00 By Sisho Magagula
PRIME Minister Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini will tomorrow be a key speaker during the swearing in ceremony of over 30 United States Peace Corps at the Mountain Inn.
Also expected to grace the event is Minister of Housing and Urban Development Pastor Lindiwe Dlamini, Peace Corps Country Director Eileen Cronin and Hhohho Regional Administrator Dr. Ben Mshamndane Nsibandze.
Thirty three volunteers will be sworn in.
Tanya Ward, Public Affairs Officer at the United States Embassy, says following the swearing in, the volunteers will begin their two-year service in different communities within the four regions of the country.
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