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MEDIA INVITATION: NGUBANE OPENS 37TH CONFERENCE OF THE ROUND TABLE ON ARCHIVES
Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology, Dr Ben Ngubane, will open the 37th Conference of the Round Table on Archives (CITRA) in Cape Town. Dr Ngubane will be joined in the opening by Sir Ketumile Masire, former president of Botswana and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former Chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on 21 October 2003.
The conference is an annual general meeting of directors of national archives, presidents of professional associations and chairs of committees of the international Council of Archives (ICA). The conference will take place between 21 and 24 October 2003.
Journalists are invited to attend the opening ceremony, which will be followed by a press conference. Journalists will be accredited and are requested to report at the accreditation desk an hour before the opening
Date: 21 October 2003
Time: 14h00
Venue: Cape Town Convention Centre
For further information please contact Lolo Maphophe at 082 600 4644 or Mack Lewele 082 450 5076
Issued by: Department of Arts and Culture
20 October 2003