The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies will brief the media on the US-Africa Summit as well as his visit to Hollywood. Following the conclusion of the Summit Minister Davies visited Hollywood, Los Angeles to encourage US film makers to choose South Africa as their preferred location for production.
Minister Davies says that South Africa has capabilities in the film value chain to offer in areas such as post production and visual effects, and that there is a number of Hollywood studios that are involved in film making in South Africa. The film industry has created around 25 000 jobs last year, as compared to 4 500 almost 12 years ago.
The details of the media briefing are as follows:
Date: Tuesday, 12 August 2014
Time: 12h30
Venue: GCIS Tshedimosetso House, 1035 Frances Baard Street (corner Festival Street), Hatfield, Pretoria.
NB: There’ll be a video link to Cape Town Media Centre, Parliament
RSVPs should be directed to Mamosa Dikeledi email: MDikeledi@thedti.gov.za 012 394 1680 or 076 023 4170.
Enquiries:
Sidwell Medupe
Departmental Spokesperson
Cell: 079 492 1774
