attends Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ministerial meeting in
Harare, Zimbabwe
20 November 2006
The Minister of Communications, Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, will lead a South
African delegation to a fourth SADC meeting of Information and Communications
Technology (ICT) Ministers, to be held in Harare, Zimbabwe, on 21 to 23
November 2006.
Since the commencement of the restructuring of SADC in 2001, the SADC
Ministers have met to discuss issues pertaining to regional ICT programmes. At
those meetings, they urged the SADC Secretariat to convene meetings on a
regular basis, so as to review ICT policies, identify and prioritise ICT
programmes and projects in SADC. This meeting is held against that
background.
The meeting will also assess progress on the implementation of the Postal
Sector Strategic Plan which was approved in 2005. The meeting will also
consider and approve proposed projects that the SADC Region plans to implement
in the coming years.
The meeting will be preceded by a senior officials' gathering, South Africa
will present its position on regional Telecommunications, ICTs and Postal
policy and regulation issues.
Enquiries:
Zodumo Mbuli
Cell: 084 777 2077
Issued by: Department of Communications
20 November 2006
