The Minister of Arts and Culture Mr Nathi Mthethwa will lead the media briefing supported by the Deputy Minister in the Presidency responsible for Monitoring and Evaluation Mr Buti Manamela.

The purpose of the High-Level People-to-People Exchange Mechanism is to deepen mutual understanding between the peoples of South Africa and China and to enhance People-to-People exchanges and cooperation in areas of, amongst others, culture, education, communications, health, science and technology, sports, tourism, women affairs and youth.

Members of the media are invited to cover the state of readiness briefing scheduled as follows:

Date   : 20 APRIL 2017

Time   : 14h30

Venue: Tshedimosetso House, GCIS, PRETORIA WITH VIDEO LINK TO CAPE TOWN (Imbizo Media Centre)

ENQUIRIES: William Baloyi – 083 390 7147

Issued by the Department of Arts and Culture on Behalf of Government Communications