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Sep

03

2020

Zweli Mkhize: Cuban Medical Brigade continues to play critical role in battle against Covid-19

Pretoria, September 3rd, 2020.- While there has been controversy around the deployment of the Cuban Medical Brigade, the team has been with us through the worst of the Covid-19 surge, writes Zweli Mkhize.
A little over four months ago, 187 highly skilled medical professionals boarded a South African Airways flight from Cuba – embarking on a 16-hour journey to Pretoria Waterkloof Air Force Base.

Aug

27

2020

Tribute to a true ambassador

Pretoria, August 27, 2020.- Cuba and South Africa formally established diplomatic relations on May 11, 1994, just one day after Nelson Mandela´s inauguration as President.

In fact, Cuba was the first country that a liberated South Africa recognized diplomatically and the first in which South Africa established a new embassy after the end of Apartheid.

Aug

20

2020

Cuban Medical Brigade arrived to Eswatini to assist against COVID19

Pretoria, August 20, 2020.- A Brigade of 19 Cuban doctors arrived today in the Kingdom of Eswatini, at the request of the government of that African country, to assist in the current health emergency caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Among the professionals who have just arrived from the Island, after a transit through South Africa, include specialists in comprehensive general medicine, epidemiology, microbiology, intensivists, clinicians, and others.

Aug

19

2020

Cuban water resources cooperators arrive in South Africa

Pretoria, August 19, 2020.- Today 23 Cuban specialists from the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources arrived in South Africa, at the request of the government of this sister African country to assist in the more effective exploitation of water resources and in the maintenance and sanitation infrastructure.; as well as in the development of capacities through the training and support of local personnel, to jointly solve the challenges in water and sanitation that South Africa faces today.

Aug

19

2020

Cuban Medical Brigade “Henry Reeve” received in South Africa in transit to Eswatini

Pretoria, August 19, 2020.- The Cuban Medical Brigade of the International Contingent of Doctors Specialized in Disasters and Serious Pandemics "Henry Reeve", which at the request of the government of that country will assist the Kingdom of Eswatini in the fight against COVID-19, arrived on the night of August 18 to South Africa as part of your travel transit.

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