Minister Manuel and Governor Mboweni will address the media at 08:30 on Thursday, November 8 2007 ahead of the G20 meeting next week in the Western Cape. South Africa is the chair of the G20 which brings together finance ministers and central bank governors from the world's systemically important industrial and emerging market economies. The theme for South Africa's host year is 'Sharing - Influence, Responsibility, Knowledge' and the three work programme themes are commodities cycles and financial stability, fiscal elements of growth and development and reform of the Bretton Woods institutions.
This media briefing will deal with G20 related matters only.