N Pandor and N Kganyago to brief media following joint meeting of
Council of Education Ministers, Ministry of Public Works and Provincial Public
Works MECs, 21 Apr

19 April 2006

The Minister of Education, Ms Naledi Pandor, MP, and the Deputy Minister of
Public Works, Mr Ntopile Kganyago, MP, will on Friday, 21 April 2006, address a
media briefing following a joint meeting of the Council of Education Ministers
(CEM), Ministry of Public Works and Provincial Public Works MECs.

The meeting will discuss progress with regard to the school building
infrastructure programme. At the last joint Minister and Members of the
Executive Council (MinMec) in 2005 national and provincial Task Teams were set
up to monitor the implementation of the school infrastructure programme.

Time: 11h00
Venue: The Innovation Hub, Pretoria

Directions from Johannesburg:
Take the N1 highway to Polokwane (Pietersburg) towards the Eastern suburbs of
Pretoria. Take the Lynwood Road/CSIR off-ramp (previous off-ramp Atterbury
Road). Turn right into Lynwood Road onto the bridge over the N1 highway and
immediately left into Meiring Naude Road just before the traffic lights.
Cross-over the first set of traffic lights in Meiring Naude at the T-junction
with King’s Highway. At the next set of traffic lights turn left into Hotel
Street. Hotel Street becomes The Innovation Hub Drive as you drive onto the new
bridge across the N1 highway that gives access to The Innovation Hub
Precinct.

Directions from Pretoria:
Take Church Street in an easterly direction towards Silverton. At the traffic
lights just before CBC, take the right hand split into Cussonia Road to pass in
front of the Botanical Gardens. At the traffic lights just past the entrance to
the Gardens, turn right to cross the bridge over the N4 Witbank highway into
Meiring Naude Road. At the second set of traffic lights at the entrance to the
CSIR, turn right into Hotel Street. Hotel Street becomes The Innovation Hub
Drive as you drive onto the new bridge across the N1 highway that gives access
to The Innovation Hub Precinct.

Enquiries:
Tommy Makhode
Ministerial spokesperson
Cell: 082 566 0446
Tel: (012) 328 7529
E-mail: makhode.t@doe.gov.za

Issued by: Department of Education
19 April 2006