visit
6 October 2006
South Africa's trade relations with China will be further cemented, with
skills empowerment and job creation dominating discussions during next week's
five-day official visit by that country's Labour and Social Security Ministry
delegation.
China's Labour and Social Security Vice-Minister, Zhang Xiajian, and his
compatriots will arrive in Cape Town on Monday, 9 October, where he and Labour
Minister, Membathisi Mdladlana, will hold bilateral talks before signing a
Memorandum of Understanding.
Between Tuesday and Friday, the visitors and the Labour Department's top
officials will visit several skills training projects in both the Western Cape
and Gauteng in between meetings where they are expected to exchange expertise
and ideas on enhancing skills development.
These include meeting officials of the Umsobomvu Youth Fund and the
Agriculture Sector Education and Training Authority (Seta) respectively to
discuss employment creation, visiting the Indlela skills assessment centre and
the Tshwane North College to examine vocational training. The media is invited.
The programme is attached.
Enquiries:
Mokgadi Pela
Cell: 082 808 2168
Issued by: Department of Labour
6 October 2006
