Media Advisory and Schedule for the Extra Ordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government, October 19 - 23, 2006, Gallagher Estate, Midrand, Gauteng, Republic of South Africa

An Extra Ordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government on the scaling up of the implementation of the SADC Regional Integration Economic Agenda shall take place as follows:

SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS

October 19 - 20, 2006 : Senior Officials

October 21 - 22, 2006 : Meeting of the Ministerial Task Force on the Scaling up of the SADC Regional Economic Integration Agenda

October 23, 2006 : Extra Ordinary Summit

FRIDAY: OCTOBER 20, 2006

11:00/14:00 Time TBC[1] : Joint Pre-Summit media briefing by the Chairperson of the SADC Council of Ministers, Hon. T Thahane, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning of the Kingdom of Lesotho and SADC Executive Secretary, Dr. Tomaz Augusto Salomão

MONDAY: OCTOBER 23, 2006

13:00 Time TBC : Reading of the Communiqué

16:00 Time TBC : Media briefing

MEDIA WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ACCESS TO THE VENUE WITHOUT ACCREDITATION

ACCREDITATION DETAILS

Accreditation can be obtained as follows:

Hall 1 Gallagher Estate
Midrand, Gauteng Province

Operating Times : 08h00 -16h00

REQUIREMENTS

Valid press card / letter from editor on official letterhead

Valid identity document/passport/drivers licence

[1] Time to be confirmed