Cape Town, 1 August 2025.- Cuban dancers Greisell Lastre Casuso and Joan Manuel Riera Pérez, from the National Ballet School, won gold medals in the Classical Pas de Deux category, while Jason Baró Benavides won the Grand Prix at the 12th South African International Ballet Competition.
Havana, 29 July 2025. - Today, the 18th Joint Consultative Mechanism between Cuba and South Africa was held at the headquarters of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, chaired by Cuba's First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gerardo Peñalver Portal, and South Africa's Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, His Excellency Mr. Alvin Botes.
Pretoria, 28 July 2025. Dr Rusbel Medina, a member of the Cuban medical brigade in South Africa for almost 30 years, was recently interviewed by South African journalist S'thembiso Msomi, who was interested in learning about the work carried out by Cuban doctors in this country. The full interview here: How Che inspired Cuban doctor's love affair with SA
Johannesburg, 26 July 2025. Cuba's Chargé d'Affaires a.i. in South Africa, Ambassador Esther Armenteros Cárdenas, participated on behalf of Cuba in the Liberation Movements Summit, held this weekend in Kempton Park, Johannesburg. he ambassador's speech contained a message of solidarity with the just causes of peoples around the world, especially the Palestinian people.
Pretoria, 23 July 2025. Yesterday afternoon, a wreath was laid at the monument bearing the names of Cuban internationalists who fell in Africa, in the Freedom Park complex, in the presence of Lázara Mercedes López Acea and the delegation accompanying her. The delegation is visiting South Africa to participate in the Global Meeting on MSMEs.