Author: aarti

Minister Pandor to lead a South African delegation to a SADC-EU Ministerial Political Dialogue on 16 June 2021. The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor, will participate

South Africa remains hopeful for Canada’s support given both countries’ shared values for human rights. Saving lives is a human rights issue.

South Africa’s foreign policy and trade strategy on our key partnership with Asia and Middle Asia and the Middle East are important trading partners for South Africa. Our two-way trade stood at R984-billion in 2020.

President Ramaphosa has been invited in recognition of South Africa’s leadership role on the continent and globally in the fight against the pandemic, including championing vaccine equity within and between nations.

To mark World Environment Day, Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister, Barbara Creecy, will reflect on 25-years of the department’s cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). World Environment Day is celebrated annually on 5 June.

This year marks the 45th anniversary of the 16 June 1976 student uprising in Soweto when young people protested against imposition of Afrikaans by the apartheid regime as a medium