Media invite: Minister Jeff Radebe briefs media on Stats SA’s budget for 2017/18 financial year

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                         15 May 2017

 

Minister Jeff Radebe briefs media on Stats SA’s budget for 2017/18 financial year

            

Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation and Chairperson of the National Planning Commission, the Honourable Jeff Radebe, will brief the media on Thursday, 18 May on how Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will spend its allocated budget for 2017/18 financial year.

 

The media briefing will be held ahead of the Minister’s Budget Vote debate, which will take place later on the day in the National Assembly at 14H00.

 

An exhibition of the 28th International Population Conference (IPC) 2017 that Stats SA will host in Cape Town, from 29 October to 04 November 2017, will be available for public viewing in the Parliament Gallery. Also to be demonstrated at the exhibition stand will be Stats SA’s innovations in data collection and data access through various data tools used by the department.

 

The media briefing will be held as follows:

 

Date: 18 May 2017

Time: 11:00

Venue: Imbizo Media Centre, 120 Plein Street, Parliament, Cape Town

 

RSVP:

Madimetja Mashishi

Tel: 012 337 6456

Cell: 0738215994

Email: madimetjama@statssa.gov.za

 

For media enquiries contact:

Lesedi Dibakwane

Tel: 012 310 8578

Cell: 082 805 7088

Email: LesediD@statssa.gov.za