Home Affairs Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will tomorrow Friday, 5 November 2010 host a Malawian government delegation led by Nicholas Dausi, the Deputy Minister in Malawian President Bingu Mutharika’s office, at the Sheraton Hotel in Pretoria.
Deputy Minister Dausi and his delegation are in South Africa on a three-day United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) official visit focusing on national registration systems.
In this regard, bilateral discussions between Minister Dlamini Zuma and Deputy Minister Dausi will focus on:
- the registration of births, marriages and deaths
- immigration services
- the implementation of an on-line birth registration facility
- the issuance of identity documents.
South Africa will share experiences of the National Population Registration Campaign launched by President Zuma and Minister Dlamini Zuma in Libode, Eastern Cape which aims to, amongst others, encourage people to register the births of their children within 30 days, in an to secure South Africa’s population register.
Deputy Minister Dausi and his delegation will depart from South Africa later on Saturday, 6 November 2010.
Media programme for official visit to South Africa by Malawian Minister in the Office of the President Nicholas Dausi Friday, 5 November 2010
Friday, 5 November 2010
13h00: Arrival of media ahead of photo opportunity on commencement of discussions between Minister Dlamini Zuma and Deputy Minister Dausi
Venue: Sheraton Hotel, Church Street, Pretoria
Please present press cards.
13h30: Minister Dlamini Zuma to commence discussions with Deputy Minister Dausi
Media in attendance for photo opportunity and introductory remarks.
Enquiries:
Manusha Pillai
Cell: 082 389 3587
