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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary


For Immediate Release May 22, 2000

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA STATE DINNER

THE PRESIDENT and MRS. CLINTON

The Vice President and Mrs. Gore

Mr. Thabo M. Mbeki; President of the Republic of South Africa Mrs. Zanele Mbeki; Wife of the President of the Republic of South Africa Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma; Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Jeff T. Radebe; Minister of Public Enterprises Mr. Alec Erwin; Minister of Trade and Industry Ms. Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri; Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Broadcasting HE Sheila Sisulu; Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to the United States
Rev. Frank Chikane; Director General, Office of the President Mr. Moss Ngoasheng; Economic Adviser to the President Mr. Titus Mafolo; Policy Adviser to the President Advocate Mojanku Gumbi; Legal Adviser to the President Mr. Sipho M. Pityana; Director General, Department of Foreign Affairs Mr. Andile Ngcaba; Director General, Department of Communications Mr. Jerry M. Matsila; Deputy Director General for Europe and the Americas, Department of Foreign Affairs
Amb. Billy Modise; Chief of Protocol
Mr. Ndumiso N. Ntshinga; Chief Director of the Americas, Department of Foreign Affairs
Ms. Thami Ngwevela; Consul General in New York Mr. M. Nkosi; Director of the Director's Office, Department of Foreign Affairs

Ms. Karen R. Adler; Consultant

Mr. Laurence Greenwald; Attorney, Strooch, Strooch and Lavan

Mrs. Shahara Ahmad-Llewellyn; Vice Chair, Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company

Mr. J. Bruce Llewellyn; Chairman, Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company

Hon. Madeleine K. Albright; Secretary of State

Ms. Alice P. Albright (daughter)

Mrs. Margo Alexander; Chairman and CEO, Mitchell Hutchins Asset Management, Paine Webber

Mr. Robert Alexander; President, Alexander and Associates

Dr. Drew E. Altman; President and CEO, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Ms. Pamela Koch

Hon. J. Brady Anderson; Administrator, Agency for International Development

Mrs. Betty Wray Anderson

Vice Admiral Robert Claude Simpson Anderson; Chief of the South African Navy

Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Mr. Coleman Andrews; Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Hon. Dennis W. Archer; Mayor of Detroit, Michigan

Hon. Trudy Duncombe Archer; Judge, 36th District Court, Detroit, Michigan

Hon. Bruce Babbitt; Secretary of the Interior

Hon. Harriet Babbitt; Deputy Administrator, United States Agency for International Development

Hon. David J. Barram; Administrator, United States General Services Administration

Mrs. Joan Barram

Mr. Thomas Barry; COO, Telkom South Africa

Mrs. Terri Barry

Hon. Charlene Barshefsky; United States Trade Representative

Mr. Edward Cohen; Deputy Solicitor, Department of the Interior

Hon. Dick J. Batchelor; Dick Batchelor Management Group

Mrs. Andrea Batchelor

Mr. Harry Belafonte; Artist

Mrs. Julie Belafonte

Hon. Samuel R. Berger; Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

Mrs. Susan Berger

Mr. Peter Biehl; Co-Founder, Amy Biehl Foundation

Mrs. Linda Biehl; Co-Founder, Amy Biehl Foundation

Mr. Theodore Bikel; Actor, Musician and President of the Associated Actors and Artistes of America

Mr. Jack Golodner; President, Department of Professional Employees, AFL-CIO

HRH Prince Bandar bin Sultan; Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United States

Hon. Charles Brain; Assistant to the President and Director of Legislative Affairs

Mrs. Maureen Brain

Ms. Donna Brazile; Campaign Manager, GORE 2000

Mr. Howlie Davis; Vice President, CH2M HILL COMPANIES

Hon. (Sen.) John Breaux; D/Louisiana

Mrs. Lois Breaux

Hon. Charles Burson; Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Vice President

     Mrs. Bunny Burson; Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for
     Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs

Hon. William C. Campbell; Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia

Mrs. Sharon Campbell; Coordinator of Parent and Community Support, Atlanta Public Schools

Mr. Jonathan Todd Capehart; New York Daily News Editorial Board

Ms. Margaret C. Hunt; Registered Nurse (mother)

Hon. (Rep.) Benjamin Cardin; D/Maryland

Mrs. Myrna Cardin

Hon. Cheryl Carter; COO, L.A. Convention 2000

Mr. Thomas Carter; President, Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz

Dr. Joan Challinor; Vice Chair, United States National Commission on Libraries and Information Science

Dr. David Challinor; Scientist Emeritus, The Smithsonian Institution

Mr. James Chiweshe; Safika Technologies, Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Hon. (Rep.) Donna Christian-Christensen; D/United States Virgin Islands

Mr. Christian Christensen; Retired Military Officer

Hon. (Rep.) James E. Clyburn; D/South Carolina

Mrs. Emily England Clyburn

Mr. Larry L. Cockell; Assistant Director, United States Secret Service

Mrs. Pamela Rachal Cockell

Hon. William S. Cohen; Secretary of Defense

Mrs. Janet Langhart Cohen

Mrs. Betty Currie; Personal Secretary to the President

Hon. William M. Daley; Secretary of Commerce

Hon. Ronald V. Dellums; President, Healthcare International Management Company and

     Chair, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS
     Mrs. Cynthia L. Dellums; President and CEO, Ronald V. Dellums

Foundation

Hon. David N. Dinkins; Professor, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs and 106th Mayor of New York City

Mrs. Joyce Dinkins

Dr. Ronald I. Dozoretz; Chairman and CEO, FHC Health Systems

Mrs. Beth Dozoretz

Hon. J. Terry Edmonds; Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting

Mrs. Antoinette Edmonds

Hon. (Sen.) Russell Feingold; D/Wisconsin

Mrs. Mary Feingold

Mr. Frank Ferrari; Vice President, Pro Ventures, Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Mr. Gerrit Ferreira; RMB, Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Hon. C. Virginia Fields; President, Borough of Manhattan

Mr. R. Keith Walton; The Secretary, Columbia University (guest)

Hon. (Rep.) Harold E. Ford, Jr.; D/Tennessee

Ms. Dana Baxter (guest)

Hon. Johnny Ford; Alabama State Representative and Founder of the World Conference on Mayors, Inc.

Mrs. Romanita Ford; State Health Planner, Alabama State Health Planning Agency

Mr. Morgan Freeman; Actor

Ms. Donna Lee; Publicist for Mr. Morgan Freeman (sister-in-law)

Hon. Mary Mel French; Chief of Protocol, United States

Mrs. Demetra Judy Green; Vice President, People for the American Way (guest)

Hon. (Sen.) William H. Frist; R/Tennessee

Mrs. Karyn M. Frist

Hon. Leon Fuerth; National Security Advisor to the Vice President

Mrs. Lynn Fuerth

Mr. Willie E. Gary; Senior Partner

Gary, Williams, Parenti, Finney, Lewis, McManus, Watson and Sperando

Mrs. Gloria Royal Gary

Hon. Daniel R. Glickman; Secretary of Agriculture

Mrs. Rhoda Glickman

Ms. Sandra Jane Gordon; Sasani Ltd., Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Mr. Rudolf Gouws; RMB, Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Dr. Earl Graves, Sr.; Chairman and CEO, Earl G. Graves, Ltd. and Publisher, Black Enterprise Magazine

Mrs. Barbara Graves

Mr. Ernest G. Green; Chairman, African Development Foundation and

     Managing Director, Lehman Brothers
     Mrs. Phyllis Green

Dr. Samson Makhudu Gulube; Medical Research Council, Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Mrs. Lilibet Hagel (spouse of Hon. (Sen.) Chuck Hagel)

Mrs. Noel Ziller Smith; Oakton, Virginia (sister)

Ms. Tracey T. Hampton; Robany, Incorporated

Mr. Mitchell J. Stein; Director, EMedsoft.com (guest)

Mr. Rusty Harmon; Manager for Darius Rucker and Hootie and the Blowfish

Mr. Richard Noel Gusler; Attorney for Hootie and the Blowfish (guest)

Ms. Barbara Harrison; Anchor, NBC 4 Washington

Mr. John Pyles; President, Pyles Development Corporation

Mr. Chick Harrity; Chief Photographer, U.S. News and World Report Magazine

Ms. Yvonne Henry

Hon. (Rep.) Alcee L. Hastings; D/Florida

Ms. Beverly Falby; Foreign Policy Advisor to Hon. (Rep.) Alcee L. Hastings (guest)

Hon. (Sen.) Orrin Hatch; R/Utah

Mrs. Elaine Hatch

Hon. Alexis Herman; Secretary of Labor

Dr. Charles L. Franklin; General Practitioner

Rev. Benjamin Hooks; President, National Civil Rights Museum

Mrs. Frances Hooks

Hon. (Rep.) Amo Houghton; R/New York

Mrs. Priscilla Houghton

Mrs. Charlayne Hunter-Gault; Johannesburg Bureau Chief, CNN

Mr. Ronald Gault; Managing Director, JP Morgan Bank, South Africa

Mr. Eugene Jackson; World African Network

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.; Founder and President, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and the

President's Special Envoy for the Promotion of Democracy and Human Rights in Africa

Ms. Jacqueline Lavinia

Dr. Irwin Jacobs; CEO, Qualcomm Inc.

Mrs. Joan Jacobs

Hon. Charlene Drew Jarvis; Chair Pro Tempore, Council of the District of Columbia

Mr. Ernest Drew Jarvis, Jr.; Insignia/ESG (son)

Hon. (Rep.) William J. Jefferson; D/Louisiana

Dr. Andrea Jefferson; Southern University at New Orleans

Hon. Ben Johnson; Assistant to the President and Director of the President's Initiative for One America

Mrs. Jacqueline L. Johnson

Hon. (Rep.) Eddie Bernice Johnson; D/Texas

Mr. Thomas Henderson; Former Dallas Cowboy (guest)

Mr. Robert L. Johnson; Chairman and CEO, Black Entertainment Television

Mrs. Sheila Crump Johnson; Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs

Black Entertainment Television

Hon. William A. Johnson, Jr.; Mayor of Rochester, New York

Mrs. Sylvia McCoy Johnson; Assistant United States Attorney, Western District of New York

Ms. Linda Johnson Rice; President and COO, Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.

Mr. Mel Farr, Sr.; Owner, Mel Farr Automotive Groups (guest)

Mr. Anthony L. Jones; President and CEO, Tonya, Incorporated

Mrs. Lisa Jones; Vice President of Finance, Tonya, Incorporated

Hon. Daryl Jones; Florida State Senator

Mrs. Myoushi Jones

Mr. Peter Kadzik; Partner, Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin and Oshinsky

     Ms. Amy Weiss; Senior Vice President of Communications
     Recording Industry Association of America (guest)

Mr. Chu-Cheng Kan; Mustek Ltd., Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Mrs. Ethel S. Kennedy

Mr. Maxwell Kennedy; The Watershed Institute (son)

Mrs. Patricia Kenner; Vice President, Campus Coach Lines

Mr. Jeffrey Kenner; President, Kenner and Company Investments

Hon. (Rep.) Carolyn C. Kilpatrick; D/Michigan

Mr. John Hunt (guest)

Mr. Lenny Kravitz; Musician

Hon. Robert D. Kyle; Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs

     Office of Management and Budget
     Ms. Kathryn Fulton

Hon. Anthony Lake; Georgetown University

Ms. Carolyn Lamm; Senior Partner, White and Case

Mr. Peter Halle; Senior Partner, Morgan, Lewis and Bockius

Hon. Robert Lawrence; Member, Council of Economic Advisers

Ms. Nicole Reindorf; Independent Television Producer

Mr. Emmanuel Lediga; Legae Securities, Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Mr. Spike Lee; Director, Producer and Screenwriter

Mrs. Tonya Lewis Lee

Hon. Delano E. Lewis; American Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa

Mrs. Gayle Lewis

Mr. Edward Lewis; Chairman and CEO, Essence Communications, Inc.

Ms. Nicole Wright; Essence Communications (daughter)

Hon. (Rep.) John Lewis; D/Georgia

Hon. Reta Lewis; Partner, Greenberg Traurig

Mr. Carlton Lewis; President, DevCorp

Mr. Chris Liebenberg; NEDCOR, Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Mr. Michael Chin-Hsuan Lin; Standard Textile Company/Ten Sportswear

Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Hon. Mark Lindsay; Assistant to the President for Management and Administration

Mrs. Carla Lindsay; Booz-Allen & Hamilton Incorporated

Mr. C. Payne Lucas; President, Africare, Inc.

Dr. Freddie Hill Lucas; President, Lodestar, LLC

Mr. William Lucy; President, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists

Ms. Benita Lucy (daughter)

Mr. Bill Lynch, Jr.; President, Bill Lynch Associates, LLC and Vice Chair, Democratic National Committee

Mrs. Mary Lynch

Mr. Lesley Maasdorp; Deputy Director General, Public Enterprises

Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Mr. Vincent Mai

Mrs. Anne Mai

Mr. Theodore R. Mann; Israel Policy Forum

Mrs. Rowena Mann

Hon. Sylvia Mathews; Assistant to the President and

     Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget
     Mr. David Lane; Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Commerce (guest)

Mr. Dave Matthews; Dave Matthews Band

Mrs. Val Matthews (mother)

Ms. Jane Mayer; Washington Correspondent, The New Yorker Magazine

Mr. William Hamilton; National Editor, The Washington Post

Hon. H. Carl McCall; Comptroller, State of New York

Dr. Joyce F. Brown; President, Fashion Institute of Technology

Ms. Judith A. McHale; President and COO, Discovery Communications, Inc.

Mr. Michael O'Halloran

Hon. (Rep.) Gregory Meeks; D/New York

Mrs. Simone-Marie Meeks

Rev. James Trent Meeks; Vice President, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition

Mrs. Jamell Meeks; Salem Baptist Church of Chicago

Hon. Kweisi Mfume; President, NAACP

Ms. D'Andrea Lancelin; Director to the Board of Public Works, State of Maryland (guest)

Hon. Edward Miller; Member, Democratic National Committee of Texas

Mrs. Dorothy Miller

Mr. Donald Mncube; Real Africa Investments, Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Hon. Minyon Moore; Assistant to the President and Director of Political Affairs

Mr. David Mercer; President, Mercer and Associates (guest)

Mr. Aboobaker Moosa; Avalon, Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Mr. Leepile Benjamin Mophatlane; Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Advocate Kgomotso Ditsebe Moroka; State Information Technology Agency

Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Mr. Lewis Moye, Jr.; President, St. Louis Chapter of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists and

     Member, United Auto Workers Local 110
     Mrs. Ann Moye

Hon. (Rep.) Eleanor Holmes Norton; D/District of Columbia

Mr. John H. Norton; ABC Sports (son)

Hon. (Rep.) Donald Payne; D/New Jersey

Ms. Denise Banks; Department of Agriculture (guest)

Mr. Abdul Kadar Peer; L A Group, Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Mr. Michael Perik; Chairman, Skill Tutor.com

Mrs. Elizabeth Perik; Director, Boys and Girls Club of Boston, Massachusetts

Mr. Ugaraja Pakkirj Pillay; Coastal Group Ltd., Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Hon. John Podesta; Chief of Staff to the President

Mrs. Mary Podesta

Mr. Awadagin Pratt; Concert Pianist

Ms. Anna Weyden; Honolulu Symphony Associates (guest)

Mr. Hugh B. Price; President and CEO, National Urban League

     Mrs. Marilyn Price; Senior Operations Associate
     Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation

Mrs. Alice Pushkar; Special Assistant to the President and Director of First Lady's Correspondence

Mr. Raymond Pushkar; Partner, McKenna and Cuneo

Hon. Mary Molly Raiser; Former Chief of Protocol, United States

Mr. Mashudu Ramano; African Harvest, Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Dr. Mamphela Ramphele; Managing Director, World Bank

Hon. (Rep.) Charles Rangel; D/New York

Mrs. Alma Rangel

Mr. Sello Rasethaba; State Information Technology Agent, Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Hon. Janet Reno; Attorney General of the United States

Hon. Susan Rice; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs

Mr. Ian Cameron; Producer, ABC News

Hon. William Richardson; Secretary of Energy

Mrs. Barbara Richardson

Mr. Leonard Robinson, Jr.; President, The National Summit on Africa

Ms. Shala Davoudi; President, Elite Reprographics (guest)

Mr. Albert Roker, Jr.; NBC Today Show Weatherman

Ms. Deborah Roberts; ABC News Correspondent

Ms. Sonya Ross; White House Reporter, Associated Press

Mr. Bruce Walker; Attorney, United States Coast Guard (guest)

Hon. (Rep.) Edward Royce; R/California

Mrs. Marie Royce; Vice President, Marriott International

Dr. Howard Rubin; CEO, Rubin Systems, Inc. and

Chair, Department of Computer Science, Hunter College of the City University of New York

Ms. Roslyn Docktor; Vice President, McConnell International (guest)

Mr. Darius Rucker; Artist

Ms. Beth Leonard (guest)

Hon. Mara Rudman; Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

Mr. Robert Tyrer; Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense (guest)

Ms. April Ryan; White House Correspondent, American Urban Radio Network

Mr. Tennie James; Vice President of Investment Management Division, Summit Bank

Hon. David Satcher; Assistant Secretary for Health and United States Surgeon General

Mrs. Nola Satcher; Poet

Mr. Frank Savage; Chairman, Alliance Capital Management International

Mrs. Lolita Valderrama Savage; International Artiste

Hon. Donna E. Shalala; Secretary of Health and Human Services

Mrs. Edna C. Shalala; Attorney, Rocky River, Ohio (mother)

Mr. Stanley K. Sheinbaum; Publisher, New Perspectives Quarterly

General Henry H. Shelton; Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

Mrs. Carolyn Shelton

Mr. Mark Shuttleworth; Thawte Consulting, Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Hon. Joseph Jake Simmons IV; Deputy Assistant to the President and

     Director of the White House Military Office
     Mrs. Myralon Simmons

Hon. Rodney E. Slater; Secretary of Transportation

Mrs. Cassandra Slater

Hon. (Rep.) Louise McIntosh Slaughter; D/New York

Mr. Robert Slaughter

Hon. Gayle Smith; Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs

Hon. Stephen Solarz; President, Solarz Associates

Mrs. Nina Solarz

Mr. Andy Spahn; Corporate Affairs, DreamWorks SKG

Ms. Jennifer Perry; Executive Director, Children's Action Network

Hon. Robert G. Stanton; Director of the National Park Service

Mrs. Janet Stanton

Mr. William Stavropoulos; President and CEO, DOW Chemical Worldwide

Mrs. Linda Stavropoulos

Mr. David J. Stern; Commissioner, National Basketball Association

Mrs. Dianne Stern

Ms. Diane Stevens; President, Natural Face New York

Ms. Denise Pease; Woman's Financial Association (guest)

Ms. Patricia Stonesifer; Co-Chair and President, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Mr. Daniel Straus; Care One

Mrs. Joyce Straus; Care One

Hon. Lawrence H. Summers; Secretary of the Treasury

Ms. Sheryl Sandberg; Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Treasury (guest)

Mr. Leland H. Swenson; President, National Farmers Union

Mr. Thomas Paul Buis; Vice President of Government Relations, National Farmers Union

Mr. H. Patrick Swygert; President, Howard University

Mrs. Sonja Swygert

Mr. Meshach Taylor; Actor/Producer

Mrs. Bianca Taylor; Entrepreneur, Bianca's Botanicals

Mr. Maurice Tempelsman; Chairman, The Corporate Council on Africa

Mr. Leon Tempelsman; President, Lazare Kaplan International, Inc. (guest)

Ms. Sandra Thurman; Director, White House Office of National AIDS Policy

Mr. Keith Mason; Partner, Long, Aldridge and Norman (guest)

Hon. (Rep.) Karen Thurman; D/Florida

Hon. John Patrick Thurman

Mr. Jeffrey Toobin; The New Yorker Magazine and ABC News

Ms. Amy McIntosh; Bell Atlantic Corporation

Hon. (Rep.) Stephanie Tubbs Jones; D/Ohio

Mr. Mervyn Jones

Mr. John Tyson; Founding Director, Global Diamond Resources, Inc.

Mrs. Wabidia Tyson

Hon. Melanne Verveer; Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady

Mr. Philip Verveer; Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Mr. Mfundi Vundla; Morula Pictures, Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Dr. James Wade; President, Associated Cost Engineers, Inc.

Mrs. Lavern Chatman; Philanthropist (guest)

Ms. Patti Ann Waldmeir; Legal Correspondent for Financial Times and

Author of Anatomy of a Miracle: The End of Apartheid and the Birth of a New South Africa

Dr. Mark Suzman; Assistant to the Administrator, United Nations Development Program (guest)

Mr. Marius Wanenburg; The Gate 3D Animation and Stock Animation

Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

Hon. Wellington Webb; Mayor of Denver, Colorado

Mrs. Stephanie Yvette O?Malley (daughter)

Ms. Rosa Whitaker; Assistant United States Trade Representative for Africa

Mr. Carlton Masters; President and CEO, GoodWorks International (guest)

Mr. DeWayne Wickham; Columnist, USA Today

Ms. Zenita Ann Wickham; Attorney, Steptoe and Johnson (daughter)

Dr. Ernest James Wilson III; University of Maryland

Dr. Francille Rusan Wilson; University of Maryland

Mr. BeBe Winans; Entertainer

Mr. Mike Eldred; Entertainer

Mr. Stevie Wonder; Entertainer

Mr. Brian LaRoda; Personal Assistant to Mr. Stevie Wonder (guest)

Hon. Andrew Young; Chairman, GoodWorks International

Mrs. Carolyn Young; GoodWorks International

Mr. Sandile Zungu; Global Africa Holdings, Republic of South Africa Business Delegation

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