The Minister for Social Development, Ms Bathabile Dlamini, will on Sunday, 28 July 2013 brief media on the repatriation of children whose mothers are incarcerated in foreign countries for various crimes including illicit drug trafficking. During the briefing, the Minister will also reflect on the growing number of mainly South African women who are imprisoned in foreign countries for drug trafficking.
As a signatory to the Hague Convention and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), government through the Department of Social Development renders inter-country social services in collaboration with the International Social Service (ISS). Inter-country assistance is offered to South African citizens who experience personal or social problems in foreign countries.
The media briefing will take place as follows:
Date: Sunday, 28 July 2013
Time: 10h00
Venue: Tshedimosetso House, 1035 Frances Baard Street (corner Festival Street), Hatfield-Pretoria
NB: There’ll be a video link to GCIS Imbizo Media Centre, Parliament
For RSVPs:
Jaconia Kobue (Pretoria) 082 3134 673 / JaconiaK@dsd.gov.za
Mzimasi Ngqelu (Cape Town) 076 9043 557 / mzi@gcis.gov.za
For media enquiries contact:
Lumka Oliphant
Cell: 083 484 8067
E-mail: LumkaO@dsd.gov.za
