Employment Cluster of Directors-General (DGs) to Journalists held in Cape
Town
17 October 2007
Thank you for availing yourselves and thanks to the Directors-General for
making time in their busy schedules to attend this interaction, as part of
government communication. We consider this interaction as yet an extended
platform to share substantive information with specialist writers in this area
of the work of this cluster.
The Directors-General in the Economic cluster have agreed to regularise this
interaction which will be interspersed between the standing two-monthly media
briefings on the Programme of Action (POA) by the various Ministerial clusters.
This forum does not replace the regular POA briefings that are due in two
weeks' time, but they provide an extended opportunity for an in-depth
discussion and explore information on the work of this cluster within the broad
implementation programme of government.
In the future the cluster will also hold current affairs programmes on our
African language stations, including other current affairs slots on other radio
stations. Today's discussion is subsumed under the broad theme of
"Infrastructure Development" covering among others: public transport
restructuring, the innovation technologies, trade related issues, information
and communication technology (ICT), Infraco, Southern African Customs Union
(SACU), but not to the exclusion of other important programmes in the cluster
departments.
The venue allows for a relaxed and less restraining interaction, unlike the
Imbizo Media Centre. We have DGs and Deputy Directors-General (DDGs), who are
programme managers in the respective departments. Apologies from some DGs who
are involved in the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) summit in
Johannesburg.
We propose not to have a question and answer discussion but an interactive
and view sharing session. This will all be on the record and the DGs will
indicate whatever it can be attributable to a source. The media briefings will
be led by Forum of South African Directors-General (FOSAD) co-chair DG Tshediso
Matona and all attending DGs will have 10 minutes to share their work with the
journalists, followed by an open discussion and interaction for half an hour
and soon we will be inviting you to yet another session.
Beyond this session we expect that the respective heads of communication
will arrange individual interviews with media based on request.
Enquiries:
Baby Tyawa
Deputy CEO GCIS
Cell: 083 302 7657
Issued by: Government Communications (GCIS)
17 October 2007
