Media release

Media Release

5/12/2011
	Media Statement: Banana scare email a hoax
	Pretoria, The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is aware of the email circulating claiming that bananas from KwaZulu-Natal can infect people with a flesh eating bacteria. The e-mail advises recipients not to buy or eat bananas and to seek medical attention if they develop a fever after eating bananas.
28/11/2011
	Media Advisory: Media Advisory - COP 17 Ministerial high level events
	Members of the media are invited to attend three high level events hosted by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ms Tina Joemat-Pettersson, alongside the 17th Conference of Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) taking place in Durban from 28 November to 9 December 2011.
24/11/2011
	Media Release: Minister receives an award for Africa Agriculture Minister of the Year
	Africa investor (Ai), a leading international investment research and communications group, yesterday announced the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ms Tina Joemat-Pettersson, as the recipient of the Africa Agriculture Minister of the Year Award in Sandton, Johannesburg.
8/11/2011
	Media Invite: Forest Day 5
	With new research showing that forests may absorb up to a third of all fossil fuel emissions, more than 1,000 leading experts, activists, government negotiators and global leaders will gather on the sidelines of the U.N. climate summit in Durban next month to discuss how forests and forest resources can be better harnessed to slow the pace of global warming and help communities adapt to the changing environment.
8/11/2011
	Media Statement: Setting the record straight on hotel accommodation
	Since last week I have been the subject of persistent and most vicious negative media reporting following my reply to a parliamentary question about my hotel accommodation since my appointment as Minister in May 2009.

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