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HIGH LEVEL PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE EXCHANGE MECHANISM (PPEM) BETWEEN SOUTH AFRICA AND THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

 

South Africa and the People’s Republic of China will launch the high level People-to-People exchange mechanism from 24-26 April 2017. The South African delegation will be led by Minister of Arts and Culture Mr Nathi Mthethwa. The Chinese delegation will be led by Vice Premier of the State Council of China Ms Liu Yandong.

The purpose of the High-Level People-to-People Exchange Mechanism is to deepen mutual understanding between the peoples of South Africa and China and to enhance People-to-People exchanges and cooperation in areas of, among others, culture; education; communications; health; science and technology; sports; tourism; women affairs and youth.

 

Minister Mthethwa will be accompanied by:

Ms M Nkoana-Mashabane                         Minister of International Relations and Cooperation

Ms N Pandor                                                 Minister of Science and Technology

Ms E Molewa                                                Minister of Environmental Affairs

Dr A Motsoaledi                                            Minister of Health

Dr B Nzimande                                             Minister of Higher Education and Training

Ms S Shabangu                                           Minister in The Presidency for Women

Mr B Manamela                                            Deputy Minister in the Presidency

Mr M Manana                                               Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training

Dr P Mjwara                                                  Director-General: Department of Science and Technology

Ms M Matsoso                                               Director-General: Department of Health

Ms J Schreiner                                             Director-General: Department of Women

Mr K Mahoai                                                 Acting Director-General: Department of International Relations and Cooperation

Mr V Ndima                                                   Acting Director-General: Departament of Arts and Culture

Amb (Dr) M Genge                                       Chief Director: East Asia and Oceania

 

Vice Premier Liu Yandong will be accompanied by:

Ms Li Bin                                                       Commissioner of National Health and Family

                                                                                                                                                Planning Commission

Mr Wang Zhigang                                        Vice Minister of Science and Technology

Ms Jiang Xiaojuan                                       Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council

Mr Zhang Ming                                             Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs

Mr Tian Xuejun                                            Vice Minister of Education

Mr Yu Weiping                                             Vice Minister of Finance

Mr Ding Wei                                                  Vice Minister of Culture

Mr Tong Gang                                              Vice Minister of State Administration of Press,

Publication, Radio, Film and Television

Mr Yang Shu’an                                          Vice Minister of General Administration of Sport

Ms Wang Hongyan                                      Vice President of All-China Youth Federation

Ms Zhang Xiaolan                                       Vice President of All-China Women’s

Federation

Ms Li Xiaolin                                                 President of Chinese People’s Association for

Friendship with Foreign Countries

Mr Wang Xiaofeng                                      Vice Minister of China National Tourism

Administration

Mr Wang Shaozhong                                  Vice Minister of State Archives Administration

 

MEDIA ACCREDITATION COLLECTION:

All members of the media who have applied for accreditation, should collect their accreditation as follows:

Date: 23 APRIL 2017

Time: To be confirmed

Venue: Sheraton Hotel, Pretoria

Journalists will be required to produce - 

§ Copy of a valid professional press card or equivalent identification (ID/Passport). Access to venues for the event will be available only to accredited media representatives.

§ A letter of assignment on a letterhead from the journalist’s organization indicating his/ her function

Journalists bringing in heavy equipment that will require space outside of the plenary halls at DIRCO will need to relay this information to the following official:

Ms Malepane Cell: 071 422 5227 malepanet@dirco.gov.za

 

MEDIA PROGRAMME SA-CHINA HIGH LEVEL PEOPLE TO PEOPLE EXCHANGE MECHANISM

24-26 APRIL 2017

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LESSON 1

We begin from the beginning, with the traditional Parts of Speech. The sentence can be made up of many words or a few words, but these words will always perform one of eight tasks. These tasks are referred to as the eight parts of speech. Just as bricks are important in a building, Parts of Speech are crucial in sentence construction. Without them, you have no sentence.

Here they are the great eight parts of speech:

Verb Noun Pronoun Adjective Preposition Adverb Interjection Conjunction

Expresses actions, thought, wishes, etc. Gives a name to persons, places, things Replaces nouns, usually to avoid irritating repetition of nouns. Qualifies or limits nouns or pronouns. (It is not enough to say ‘describes’) Shows relationship; is always followed by a noun or pronoun Modifies has an altering effect upon) verbs, adjectives, prepositions and other adverbs. Expresses sudden emotion. Links two sentences of equal importance, and words. Here are examples for you: Verb: climb, eat, welcome, be Noun: aircraft, country, lady, hour Adjective: good, British, cold, quick Adverb: quickly, always, approximately Preposition: to, of, at, on Determiner: the, his, some, forty-five Pronoun: we, you, them, myself Conjunction: and, but, so NOTE There is also a small class of words called 'interjections'. They include oh, ah and mhm.

It is not the word itself that decides a part of speech, but the job the word does. Some words belong to more than one word class. For example, test can be a noun or a verb. He passed the test. (noun) He had to test the machine. (verb) To drive our lesson home, here are more details about Parts of Speech: Verb: A verb is a word used to express action or a state of being (Expresses actions, thought, wishes, etc). Noun: A noun is a word used to name a person, a place, a thing, or an idea (Gives a name to persons, places, things) Pronoun: A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun or of more than one noun (Replaces nouns, usually to avoid irritating repetition of nouns). Adjective: An adjective is a word used to modify a noun or a pronoun (Qualifies or limits nouns or pronouns-it is not enough to say ‘describes’) Preposition: A preposition is a word used to show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in a sentence (Shows relationship; is always followed by a noun or pronoun) Adverb: An adverb is a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb (Modifies, has an altering effect upon verbs, adjectives, prepositions and other adverbs). Interjection: An interjection is a word used to express emotion. It has no grammatical relation to other words in the sentence( Expresses sudden emotion). Conjunction: A conjunction is a word used to join words or groups of words (Links two sentences of equal importance, and words). Nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are identified by the position they occupy within a sentence and by their form-the inflectional endings. On the other hand, prepositions, conjunctions, articles (determiners), and interjections are identified by their function. They do not have inflectional endings, and they are identified most readily by their use and position relative to other words in the sentence. Therefore, the part of speech of a word is determined by the way the word is USED in a sentence. It is not the word itself that decides a part of speech, but the job the word does. Examples with the word PRACTICE. The coach decided that the team needed more practice. (noun) The girl practice every Saturday afternoon. (verb) They will have a practice session after school on Wednesday. (adjective)

Exercise 1: Now, it’s your turn!

Give the part of speech of the words in red (italics):

1.      The man had a ROUND face. (A- noun) (B-Adjective)

2.      They ROUND the bend at speed. (A- verb) (B-preposition)

3.      They skidded ROUND the bend. (A-adverb) (B- preposition)

4.      The women played a ROUND of golf. (A-adjective) (B- noun)

  

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