The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Ms Edna Molewa will announce the findings of the Rhino Issue Management Report, and elaborate on the position of South Africa to be taken to the 16th Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) at a post-Cabinet briefing to be held tomorrow, 28 February 2013 in Cape Town.
The 16th CITES CoP takes place in Bangkok, Thailand, from March 3 to 14, 2013.
The Minister will be in Cape Town and there will be a live video link to GCIS in Pretoria.
The details of the briefing are as follows:
Date: Thursday, 28 February 2013
Venue: Imbizo Media Centre, 120 Plein Street, Cape Town
Time: 10h00
There will be a video link to GCIS, Pretoria:
Venue: Media briefing Room, Midtown Building, corner Sisulu and Madiba Streets, Pretoria (old street names: Prinsloo and Vermeulen).
Time: 09h00
To RSVP contact:
Banele Mabena
Cell: 012 395 1607 or SMabena@environment.gov.za
Xolani Ngqoshela
Tel: 012 310 3078 or XNgqoshela@environment.gov.za
For media queries contact:
Albi Modise
Cell: 083 490 2871
