Issued by: DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Please Note : Pool arrangements will be made. Media people who do not inform contact persons as indicated what events they will attend, might not be accommodated.
10 August 1998
Late evening Arrives in private aircraft at South African Airforce section at Cape Town International Airport, Cape Town To be met by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr AB Nzo
Photo opportunity only
Advise Machiel Van Niekerk on 082 8890071 fax 012 351 0260.
Press cards essential.
11 August 1998
11:00 Official welcoming ceremony at Tuynhuys
11:40 - 11:45 Signing ceremony: Declarations of Intent (Health and Education) at Tuynhuys, by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr AB Nzo and the Minister of Planning and International Co-operation, Dr N Sha'ath
11:45 - 11:50 Exchange of Decorations
Media call Contact Priscilla Naidoo 082 555 8339
12:15 Courtesy call by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki on President Arafat at Cape Grace Hotel
Photo call
13:15 - 15:15 Courtesy calls at the Cape Grace Hotel by the Premier of the Western Cape, Mr GN Morkel, and the leaders of opposition political parties represented in Parliament (15 minutes each party) : Dr M Buthelezi, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and Minister of Home Affairs; Mr M van Schalkwyk, National Party (NP), Official Opposition; Genl C Viljoen, Freedom Front; Mr T Leon, Democratic Party (DP); Rev S Mokgoba, Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC)
18:50 Arrival of President Yasser Arafat at Tuynhuys and to be met by President Nelson Mandela 19:00 - 21:00 State Banquet hosted by President Mandela in honour of President Arafat at Tuynhuys Media calls during the arrivals of guests and toasts
Contact Priscilla Naidoo 082 555 8339
12 August 1998
07:30 Visit to Robben Island - by ferry from Waterfront
Contact Denmark 021 411 1006
12:00 - 12:30 Meeting with the Speaker of Parliament Dr F Ginwala
Contact Barry Streek 021 403 2242
14:00 - 14:45 Address to Joint Sitting of Houses of Parliament by President Yasser Arafat GAUTENG
17:45 - 18:30 Address to civil society on "The Middle East Peace Process", hosted by the South African Institute of International Affairs
Contact Greg Mills (SAIIA) 011 339 2021 or Marco Boni at 083 443 7740
13 August 1998
11:00 Departure from Waterkloof Air Force Base Palestine Embassy 012 347 1047