Government wishes to advise the members of the media about the planned media briefings scheduled for the week of 22 – 28 September 2014.

On Monday, 22nd of September at 07:00, Inter Ministerial Task Team on Nigerian Tragedy will be receiving the injured South Africans at Swartkop Airforce base.  The chair of the Task Team, Minister Jeff Radebe with other members will address the media immediately thereafter.

At 10:00am, Statistician General Pali Lehohla, will brief the media on the release of the Quarterly Financial Statistics of Municipalities. The briefing will be held at Tshedimosetso House (GCIS), Pretoria with a link up to the Imbizo Media Centre, Cape Town.

On the 23rd of September at 10:00am, the National Air Quality Officer, Dr Thulie Mdluli from the Department of Environmental Affairs will brief media on air quality and pollution issues in South Africa. Dr Mdluli will deliver a presentation on the state of air in South Africa during the briefing. The media briefing will be held at the Tshedimosetso House (GCIS), Pretoria with a link up to the Imbizo Media Centre, Cape Town.

The Minister in the Presidency, Jeff Radebe, will lead the media briefing on behalf of the Inter Ministerial Committee on Information and Publicity on Thursday, 25 September at 10:00am. The media briefing will be held at Tshedimosetso House (GCIS), Pretoria with a link up to the Imbizo Media Centre, Cape Town.

Additional to these media briefings there are a number of public events that will be attended by the various Ministers.  The details of the events are posted on the respective government websites.

All members of the media are advised that the media briefings are subject to change. However, GCIS will continue to update the media through its advisories.