| Organisation | Media Liaison Unit |
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| Abbreviation | |
| Parent | Chief Directorate - Communications |
| u.r.l. | http://www.thepresidency.gov.za |
| http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/main.asp?include=about/branches/comms.htm | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Location | Pretoria |
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| Sector | Presidential Office Department |
| Organisation Type | African Government |
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| Stated Role | The Media Liaison Unit functions as the traditional press office of The Presidency and is the interface between the The Presidency and the mass media. <P>The Unit is responsible for fostering and maintaining good relations with members of the press, as well as with television and radio media. The Unit is also responsible for processing telephone enquiries from the media, organising media briefings, dealing with media correspondence to The Presidency and requests for messages of support from the President. <P>The Unit distributes, promptly, the speeches of the Political Principals to all media, and ensures that the speeches are posted on the Government and The Presidency websites. It also drafts statements, media alerts, media background papers, and newspaper articles for publication. It has the duty of producing Communications and Media strategies and provides logistical and media support for all the Presidential Working Groups, and national and international engagements and The Presidency events.<P> |
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| Notes |
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| Position | Name | From | To |
| Head of Department | David Hlabane | 2006 | |
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| Donor | From | To | Budget ($) | Note |
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| Parent Tree | Chief Directorate - Communications |
| Office of the Chief Operations Officer | |
| Office of the Director General | |
| The Presidency | |
| Government of South Africa |
| Subsidiary Organisations |
| Sibling Organisations | Research, Drafting and Speechwriting Unit |
| Public Participation Unit | |
| Internal Communications Unit |
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| Past Positions | |||
| Position | Name | From | To |
| Media Liason - President | Bheki Khumalo | 2005 | 2006 |
| Media Liason - Deputy President | Lakela Kaunda | 2005 | 2006 |
| Record last updated on 13 MAY 2008 |