M Mdladlana to chair Ministerial Session of AU Labour and Social Affairs
Commission, 25 – 27 Apr

21 April 2006

Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana has jetted out for the weeklong session
of AU Labour and Social Affairs Commission in Cairo, Egypt.

The summit starts tomorrow (Saturday) by evaluating the progress of the
implementation of the Ouagadougou Summit on Employment and Poverty eradication
held in September 2004.

Delegates will also look at the country reports about the Charter on the
Rights of the Child.

Minister Mdladlana, who was handed chairmanship during the April 2005 Third
Ordinary Session of the AU Labour and Social Affairs Commission in
Johannesburg, will be chairing the Ministerial Session between Tuesday and
Thursday (25 to 27 April).

Enquiries:
Mokgadi Pela
Cell: 082 808 2168

Issued by: Department of Labour
21 April 2006