In the article, 'ANC delays lists conference over provincial snags', Business Day 12 January 2009 reports that the Minister in the Presidency, Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang 'indicated that she would not be in the cabinet despite remaining a member of the ANC's national executive committee.
Nepal has achieved remarkable success in holding the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections and has ensured 33 percent representation of women in the CA, while South Africa has been steadfast in creating an enabling environment conducive for the empowerment of women and children.
Theme: "Business Unusual - Encouraging Women and Men working together in Promoting Healthy Lifestyles". Her address will highlight the Department of Health's efforts in uplifting the status of women through the improvement of health services and promotion of healthy lifestyles. The event will kick off at 08h00, with a three kilometres Health Walk, to mark this year's Department of Health's theme: "Business Unusual ' Empowering Women and Men Working Together in Promoting Healthy Lifestyle".
Minister of Health Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang will attend the sixth commemoration of the African Traditional Medicine Day on 31 August 2008, which will be followed by the African Regional Committee (AFRO) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Yaounde, Cameroon from 1 to 5 September 2008.
The Minister in the Presidency Manto Tshabalala-Msimang will tomorrow, 2 May 2009, attend a memorial service in honour of the late Minister of Communications Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri organised by the Nkunkumathe community in Nkandla, KwaZulu Natal province. The community of Nkunkumathe was adopted by the Minister in the Presidency and the late Minister of Communications in 2004.