Home Affairs Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will today Tuesday 1 November 2011, lead a delegation of senior government officials to bilateral discussions with German State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of the Interior Dr Ole Schröder.
Minister Dlamini Zuma earlier today arrived in Berlin ahead of a three day official visit scheduled from Tuesday to Thursday (1-3 November 2011).
During discussions with State Secretary Schröder, Minister Dlamini Zuma and her delegation are expected to, amongst others, exchange views on the German model of dealing with immigration, refugees, asylum seekers and civic management.
This comes within the context of efforts to re-engineer the department of Home Affairs as a security department, and with a view to exploring international best practice in terms of the management of civic and immigration affairs.
In this regard, Minister Dlamini Zuma will on Wednesday 2 November 2011 visit the German Bundesdruckerei (Government Printing Works) to share experiences in the printing of enabling documents such as ID’s, birth and death certificates for citizens.
Minister Dlamini Zuma will conclude her visit to Germany with a key note address at the oldest university in Germany, Humbolt University during a ceremony to honour the second winner of the Caroline von Humboldt award in research, Constanza Toninelli. Ms Toninelli who currently holds a PhD degree in Physics will pursue the following topic of study: “Organic Molecules in Disordered Photonic Structures: from co-operative effects in mesoscopic ensembles to a random quantum network.”
Minister Dlamini Zuma is expected to return to South Africa on Friday 4 November 2011.
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