The Director-General of the Western Cape Government, Ms Virginia Peterson, and the Head of the Provincial Disaster Management Centre, Ms Hildegard Fast, will today (Tues) address a media briefing on the Provincial Disaster relating to Internally Displaced People (IDPs).

The media briefing will focus on:

1. An assessment of the progress made thus far in implementing the Provincial Government's three-pronged strategy for dealing with the disaster, and;
2. The plan for the way forward, specifically relating re-integration.

The details are as follows:

Date: Tuesday, 10 June 2008
Time: 15:00
Place: Provincial Disaster Management Centre, Tygerberg Hospital, Bellville.

In case of enquiries, please contact Palesa Morudu - 082 304 2425

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Issued by:
Jeremy Michaels
Chief Director: Communications
Department of the Premier
Provincial Government of the Western Cape
Cell: +27 (0)82 772 1122
Office: +27 (0)21 483 9955
Fax: +27 (0)21 483 7196
E-mail: jmichaels@pgwc.gov.za
Postal address: PO Box 659, Cape Town, 8000.
Physical address: Office of the Premier, Mezzanine Level, M23, 7 Wale Street, Cape Town, South Africa, 8001.
Website: www.capegateway.gov.za

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