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South Africa assumes Non-Permanent Seat on the United Nations Security Council

This will be the third time that South Africa will be serving in the Security Council since the dawn of democracy in 1994

South Africa today officially assumes its seat as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the period 2019-2020. South Africa was overwhelmingly elected to serve on the Council by the United Nations General Assembly on 8 June 2018. As President Cyril Ramaphosa reflected at the time:…

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Land Reform in South Africa - President Ramaphosa Says Land Reform is Key to Stability

President Ramaphosa answered MPs’ questions as part of government’s accountability to Parliament as democratically elected representatives of the electorate

President Cyril Ramaphosa says a programme of land redistribution is required to heal the historical “festering wound” of land dispossession and enable the transformation and development without which South Africa will experience instability. Replying to Questions for Oral Reply in the National Assembly on Wednesday, 22 August 2018, President Ramaphosa…

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Courtesy Visit by Award-Winning Architect Luyanda Mpahlwa

He is the recipient of the South African Institute of Architecture Award of Excellence for the South African Embassy building in Berlin

Yesterday the Embassy was blessed with an inspiring visit by LUYANDA MPAHLWA, one of the three awards-winning South African architects (MMA Architects) of the Embassy building! In company of his family, Mr Mpahlwa told Ambassador Sizani about all the little details and stories around the building, its garden and kraal.…

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SA-German Business Relations: Meeting with Rolls-Royce

Dr Bernhard Rabert, Regional Director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland of Rolls-Royce, on Monday met with Minister-Plenipotentiary Adv Cassimjee and discussed the excellent working relationship between South Africa and Rolls-Royce. South Africa serves as the regional Southern African hub to Rolls-Royce, which is only one of the 600 German companies…

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SA Mission at Work: Minister Plenipotentiary Cassimjee's Business Trip to Frankfurt

On the busy agenda was the attendance of the Award Ceremony of the Hessian Export Prize 2017 hosted by the Hessian Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Hessian Ministry for Economy, Energy, Transport and State Development under the patronage of Tarek Al-Wazir, Hessian Minister of Economics, Energy, Transport and Regional Development

Minister Plenipotentiary Cassimjee accompanied by the Foreign Economic Representative Mr Jacob Moatshe undertook a business trip to Frankfurt this week. On the busy agenda was the attendance of the Award Ceremony of the Hessian Export Prize 2017 hosted by the Hessian Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Hessian Ministry…

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School Partnership Project "Bremen meets Soweto" Visits the SA Embassy

Having been to Cologne, Bremen and Dortmund, the students and their teachers told Ambassador P.S. Sizani about their interests, aims, activities, inspirational workshops and their warm reception by their German host families

Within the framework of the partnership between Schulzentrum Blumental and Orlando Secondary High School, a group of eight highly inspired youth from Soweto, visited their home away from home, the South African Embassy in Berlin on Wednesday, 24 May. Having been to Cologne, Bremen and Dortmund, the students and their…

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SA Embassy Holds Dialogue Forum to Discuss Germany's Current and Future Africa Policy

The Dialogue ("German Africa Policy Dialogue: Way Forward") was held as part of celebrating #AfricaMonth, given that the month of May is celebrated as Africa Month by the African Union

The Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa in Germany, H.E. Mr Phumelele Stone Sizani, invited African Ambassadors, members of the German Government and Parliament, academics, political foundations, think thanks and the German-African Business Association to a discussion on Germany’s Africa Policy-Way Forward. The Dialogue ("German Africa Policy Dialogue: Way…

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South African Sculptor Maureen Quin to Exhibit in Germany and Sweden

On the initiative of Ulrich Reimann's Rainbow Agency and supported by DB Schenker, she is now touring Germany and Sweden with her visually impressive sculptures series named "The Hunt"

South African sculptor Maureen Quin, who was awarded the 2016 Medal of Honour for Visual Art from the South African Academy of Science and Culture, was the guest of honour at the Mission's Freedom Day celebration in Berlin. On the initiative of Ulrich Reimann's Rainbow Agency and supported by DB…

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South Africa, European Union Talk Trade

The meeting took place in the context of the entry into force of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the EU and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) EPA group in October 2016

South Africa’s Minister of Trade and Industry and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries have met with the Ambassador of the European Union (EU), Dr Marcus Cornaro, to discuss bilateral trade relations. The meeting took place in the context of the entry into force of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)…