Pretoria, 22 February 2026.- Young Cubans living in South Africa reaffirmed their love for their homeland and their rejection of the intensification of unilateral coercive measures against Cuba at a meeting held on Sunday. With their messages of solidarity, the young people reaffirmed that Cuba is not alone and that the Cuban spirit that characterises us is never lost, even despite the geographical distance.
Pretoria, February 18, 2026.- The Deputy Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC), Nomvula Mokonyane, reiterated the party's solidarity with the government and people of Cuba in the face of renewed and harsher sanctions against the island and the United States oil blockade. During the meeting, they also discussed how to strengthen the inter-party relations between the ANC and the Cuban Communist Party (PCC), as well as bilateral cooperation.
Addis Ababa, February 15, 2026. For the seventeenth consecutive time, the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union approved a resolution condemning the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States government against Cuba, a policy that for more than six decades has profoundly affected the Cuban people and hindered their development.
Cape Town, February 11, 2026. Today marked the start of activities commemorating the centenary of Comander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz in the South African parliamentary capital. Friends of Cuba, parliamentarians from the ANC and other progressive parties gathered at the Long March to Freedom to reaffirm their unwavering solidarity with Cuba and the Revolution.
Cape Town, February 10, 2026.- Cuba's ambassador to South Africa, Fakri Rodríguez Pinelo, held a fruitful meeting this afternoon with friends of Cuba in the country, South African intellectuals, filmmakers, and documentary makers, with whom he discussed the deep ties that unite Cuban and African cultures.