3 December 2007
You are herewith cordially invited to attend a very important briefing session with Minister Essop Pahad (Minister in the Office of the President), as well as Deputy Minister Jean Swanson-Jacobs (Deputy Minister of Social Development).
Details of the briefing session are as follows:
Date: 4 December 2007
Venue: The Imbizo Media Centre, Parliament: Cape Town
Time: 14:00 to 15:30.
4 December 2007
The 16 Days of Activism against Women and Child Abuse is an annual, united endorsed awareness campaign that begins on 25 November (which is commemorated as the international day for no violence against women and children each year), and runs through to 10 December (which is commemorated as international Human Rights Day).
5 December 2007
Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) CEO, Mr Themba Maseko will brief the media on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, 5 December 2007. Minister Buyelwa Sonjica of Minerals and Energy will join the media briefing.
The briefing will take place as follows:
Date: Thursday, 6 December 2007 (tomorrow)
Time: 10h00
Venue: Room 153, Union Buildings, Pretoria
6 December 2007
Members of the media are advised that the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) South Africa Country Review Report is available on the APR website www.nepad.org/aprm.
Enquiries
Themba Maseko (Government Spokesperson)
Cell: 083 645 0810
Issued by: Government Communications (GCIS)
10 January 2008
Radio and television stations that would be covering the annual State of the Nation Address by President Thabo Mbeki on 8 February, are invited to a logistics meeting to discuss their needs and respective locations for the day.
The details are:
Date: Monday, 14 January 2008
Time: 10h00
Venue: Committee Room 2, Ground Floor, 120 Plein Street, Cape Town
Enquiries
Colin Cruywagen
Cell: 082 377 9916
22 January 2008
Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) CEO, Mr Themba Maseko will brief the media on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting to be held on 22 January 2008.
The briefing will take place as follows:
Date: Tuesday, 22 January 2008
Time: 13h00
Venue: Union Building, Room 153 (Media Centre)
There will be a video link up to Cape Town.
Please forward your contact details for access.
23 January 2008
Members of the media are reminded to submit details for accreditation for the State of the Nation Address (SONA), which will be on 8 February 2008.
Journalists are requested to include the name of the media house that they represent, ID or passport number.
The deadline for submission is today, 23 January 2008 at 16h00.
Please send your details to:
24 January 2008
Minister of Minerals and Energy, Buyelwa Sonjica, and Minister of Public Enterprises, Alec Erwin, will hold a media briefing tomorrow (Friday), on plans for electricity generation in South Africa.
The briefing will take place as follows:
Date: 25 January 2008 (Friday)
Time: 09h00
Venue: Room 153, Union Buildings, Pretoria
NB: There will be a video link-up at the Imbizo Media Centre, 120 Plein Street, Cape Town.
6 February 2008
Government will hold parliamentary media briefings in Cape Town, from 11 - 15 February 2008. This will be the first cycle of media briefings for the year.
The briefings will take place at Imbizo Media Centre, 120 Plein Street, Cape Town.
The briefing schedule:
12 February 2008
Members of the media are advised that tomorrow’s (Wednesday) scheduled JCPS media briefing has been postponed to next week Tuesday. Details would be forwarded. GCIS apologises for the inconvenience.
The amended schedule for tomorrow is:
