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Media Programme for Official Visit to South Africa by Indian
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Saturday, 30 September - Tuesday, 3 October
2006 MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA, KINDLY NOTE ACCESS TO EVENTS
WILL BE DENIED UNLESS ACCREDITATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED WITH
RESPECT TO:
DURBAN, PLEASE CONTACT THE PEOPLE LISTED HEREUNDER ASAP WITH
RESPECT TO PRETORIA:
KINDLY CONTACT MANUSHA PILLAI BY FRIDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2006
AS FOLLOWS:
082 389 3587
pillaim@foreign.gov.za
Media
Programme for Official Visit to South Africa by Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh, Saturday, 30 September - Tuesday, 3 October 2006
Saturday,
30 September 2006 12h00 noon Arrival of media for photo opportunity
on arrival of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh Venue : VIP Lounge
1st Floor
Durban International Airport
Durban (Accreditation required
- please RSVP) Contact : Manusha Pillai on 082 389 3587 Arrival
of Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh Media in attendance for photo
opportunity 16h00 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to depart from Pentrich
Railway Station for Pietermaritzburg Railway Station Contact : Farhana
Ismail on 082 889 1278
Please RSVP
Sunday,
1 October 2006
10h25 Prime Minister Singh to commemorate the First
Resistance at Umbilo Road in Durban To be received by President Thabo Mbeki Contact
: Farhana Ismail on 082 889 1278
Please RSVP Prime Minister
Singh to visit the Dr Dube Memorial Contact : Farhana Ismail on 082
889 1278
Please RSVP 11h25 Prime Minister Singh to visit the Gandhi
Settlement in Phoenix Contact : Farhana Ismail on 082 889 1278
Please
RSVP 15h00 Prime Minister Singh and President Mbeki to commemorate the
Satyagraha Centenary at Kingsmead Stadium in Durban Contact : Farhana
Ismail on 082 889 1278
Please RSVP
Monday,
2 October 2006
09h00 Arrival of media ahead of official welcoming
ceremony in honour of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Venue : Union
Buildings Amphitheatre
Pretoria (Accreditation required) (Media
to arrive through Government Avenue) Contact : Manusha Pillai on
082 389 3587
David Hlabane on 082 561 9428 10h00 Arrival of Indian Prime
Minister Dr Manmohan Singh To be received by President Thabo Mbeki Media
in attendance Bilateral discussions between President Thabo Mbeki and Prime
Minister Dr Manmohan Singh 11h00 Arrival of media ahead of joint press conference
by President Thabo Mbeki and Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh Venue
: Union Buildings Amphitheatre
Pretoria (Accreditation required) (Media
to arrive through Government Avenue) Contact : Manusha Pillai on
082 389 3587 David Hlabane on 082 561 9428 Video Link : Imbizo
Media Centre
120 Plein Street
Cape Town Contact : Colin Cruywagen
on 082 377 9916 11h40 Signing of Agreements Joint press conference 12h20
Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to address the CEO's Forum 15h00
Media to arrive at Constitution Hill ahead of Launch of the "MK Gandhi: A
Prisoner of Conscience Exhibition" Venue : Constitution Hill
Johannesburg
Contact : Shahindran Moonieya on 083 389 1047 16h00 Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh to attend the launch of the "MK Gandhi: A Prisoner
of Conscience Exhibition" 19h00 Media arrive for photo opportunity
ahead of official dinner hosted by President Thabo Mbeki in honour of Indian Prime
Minister Dr Manmohan Singh 19h30 Official dinner hosted by President Thabo
Mbeki in honour of Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh Media in attendance
for photo opportunity and toast remarks NOTE MEDIA
WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ACCESS TO THE EVENTS UNLESS ACCREDITATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED. KINDLY
INDICATE WHICH EVENTS YOU WILL BE COVERING For further information
contact Manusha Pillai on 082 389 3587 Issued by Department of Foreign
Affairs
Private Bag X152
Pretoria
0001 28 September 2006
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