South African High Commission

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

Despite ongoing travel restrictions imposed on South Africans hoping to enter the United States, tickets for the new daily route have recently gone on sale.

Acting Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, said the visit will focus on issues pertaining to the global response to COVID-19 and the economic, health, research and manufacturing responses to the current pandemic and beyond.