Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ms Maite Nkoana-Mashabane to address the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) on Monday, 01 November 2010

PRETORIA - Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane will on Monday, 01 November 2010, address the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) on the topic of the Relationship between the Republic of South Africa and the Emerging Global Powers. Minister Nkoana-Mashabane will focus her address on the strategic relationships the Republic has been developing with the China, India, Brazil, and Russia.

Representatives of the media are invited to attend this event, which is schedule to take place at the headquarters of SAIIA, Jan Smuts House, East Campus, Witwatersrand University (Johannesburg, Gauteng Province). The event will begin at 17h45 for 18h00 (to conclude by 19h30 and followed by a reception). Representatives of the media are kindly requested to respond to:

Mr Malusi Mogale at mogalem@dirco.gov.za or 082.675.0380 and carbon copy Ms. Mbali Mbatha (SAIIA): Mbali.Mbatha3@wits.ac.za or (011) 339.2021 ext. 118.

For more information, please contact the chief director for the DIRCO’s Public Diplomacy, Mr Saul Kgomotso Molobi on +27 12 351 0083, +27 82 940 1647 or e-mail him at molobisk@dirco.gov.za .

Issued by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation

OR Tambo Building
Private Bag X152
Pretoria
Republic of South Africa
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Friday, 29 October 2010