Pretoria, 16 October 2026. — Clever Banganayi, a South African solidarity leader with FOCUS, reaffirmed the commitment of the South African solidarity movement to Cuba and condemned the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against the island.
Pretoria, 15 October 2026. — The General Secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP), Solly Mapaila, condemned the intensification of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba and expressed his heartfelt support for the Cuban people during this difficult period. The statement constitutes a further expression of the historic solidarity of the South African communist and progressive movement with the Cuban Revolution, as well as its rejection of a policy that exacerbates the difficulties faced by the Cuban people and violates their right to development.
Pretoria, 15 October 2026. — During the 15th Congress of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), the Deputy General Secretary of this historic and popular organisation, Gerald Twala, strongly condemned the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba. Twala also praised Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz as a leading figure in the struggle for the liberation of the peoples of Southern Africa.
Pretoria, 6 October 2026. — Fifty years on from the Barbados tragedy, the Cuban Embassy in South Africa paid tribute to the 73 people who lost their lives in the terrorist attack on Cubana de Aviación flight 455, carried out on 6 October 1976. As Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz put it: “When a vigorous and virile people weeps, injustice trembles.”
Soweto, 06 October 2026. — The Cuban Ambassador to South Africa, Fakri Rodríguez Pinelo, appeared as a guest on the Ubuntu Beyond Borders podcast, where he provided a detailed explanation of the policy of aggression pursued by the United States against Cuba. Rodríguez Pinelo also referred to the forthcoming vote in the United Nations General Assembly on the resolution “The necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”