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<TD STYLE="WIDTH: 100%" WIDTH="100%"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><STRONG>Lazarus Matizirofa</STRONG></SPAN><BR><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1">Team Leader: DCCM</FONT></SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1">Knowledge Management Corporate (KMC)</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1"><BR>Tel: +27 12 481 4016</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1"></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1"><BR>Email: lazarus.matizirofa@nrf.ac.za</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></SPAN></B></FONT></FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1">
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<P CLASS="MsoNormal"></P></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1">-------- Original message -------- <br>
From: Gallant <lgmatizi@gmail.com> <br>
Date:13/04/2016 12:46 (GMT+01:00) <br>
To: Lazarus Matizirofa <lazarus.matizirofa@nrf.ac.za> <br>
Subject: COAR2016 <br>
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