Havana, 11 July 2025.- President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez received Solly Mapaila, General Secretary of the South African Communist Party, at the Palace of the Revolution. The close ties that unite Cuba and South Africa, fostered by historical leaders Fidel and Mandela, were highlighted, in which inter-party relations are a strength.
Pretoria, 8 July 2025. Embassy officials participated today in a historic meeting held at the University of South Africa (UNISA) to commemorate Cuba's international support in the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale, considered one of the most significant battles in history since the fights in World War II.
Havana, 7 July 2025.- The historic relations between Cuba and South Africa were highlighted on Monday during the meeting between Esteban Lazo Hernández, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Party, President of the National Assembly of People's Power and of the Council of State, and Solly Mapaila, General Secretary of the South African Communist Party.
Havana, 5 July 2025. The delegation from the South African Communist Party (SACP), led by its general secretary Solly Mapaila, visited the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), where they held a fraternal exchange with the president of ICAP and Hero of the Republic of Cuba, Fernando González Llort.
Johannesburg, 4 July 2025. Today, at the University of Witwatersrand, the graduation of 53 young South Africans, who completed their medical studies in Cuba under the Nelson Mandela-Fidel Castro academic training programme, was celebrated.