The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and the South African Institute of International Affairs invite the media to a Speaker's Meeting to be addressed by Deputy Minister Luwellyn Landers. The meeting will focus on “BRICS in Africa: Working towards the realisation of the African Aspirations”.
The meeting will provide a platform for Deputy Minister Landers to highlight the importance of South Africa’s participation in BRICS and the benefits therein. The Deputy Minister will also use this meeting as a vehicle to cultivate citizen buy-in into BRICS activities and to profile South Africa’s role as Chair of BRICS.
The Speaker's Meeting is one of the build-up events to the 10th BRICS Summit taking place at the Sandton International Convention Centre from 25 to 27 July 2018. South Africa assumed the role of chair of BRICS on 1 January 2018 and will remain in this position until 31 December 2018.
The media are invited as follows:
Date: Monday, 18 June 2018
Time: 16h00 - 17h30 (Media to arrive at 15h30)
Venue: SAIIA Head Office, East Campus, Wits University, Johannesburg
Parking: Parking is available on both sides of Jan Smuts House and the surrounding area
RSVP: Kgopotso Rapakuana, rapakuanak@dirco.gov.za and Fortunate Xaba, fortunte.xaba@wits.ac.za
Enquiries:
Ndivhuwo Mabaya
Cell: 083 645 7838
E-mail: Mabayan@dirco.gov.za
