International Military Chief of Chaplains Conference
26 January 2009
History will be made on Monday, 2 February 2009, when military chaplains
from all corners of the globe meet in Cape Town, South Africa for the first
International Military Chief of Chaplains Conference.
This ground breaking conference is being hosted by the Chaplain General
Division of the South African National Defence Force from 1 to 6 February 2009
at the Southern Sun, Cape Sun.
The conference will focus on the importance of reconciliation and healing in
post-conflict reconstruction. The Minister of Defence, Mr Charles Nqakula, will
open the conference. This is to be followed by a keynote address by special
guest speaker Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.
A media conference has been scheduled immediately following the opening
address by the Minister of Defence. The media conference will be hosted by the
Minister of Defence and the Chaplain General of the South African National
Defence Force, Brigadier General (Reverend) Marius Cornelissen.
You are hereby cordially invited to send a journalist and/or a photographer
or cameraperson to attend the opening of the First International Military Chief
of Chaplains Conference on Monday, 2 February 2009.
Date: Monday, 2 February 2009
Venue: Southern Sun, Cape Sun
Time: 08h40 for 08h50
Enquiries:
Colonel (Reverend) Sonwabile Vava
Tel: 012 312 4732
Cell: 083 352 6827
Issued by: Department of Defence
26 January 2009
