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Feb

26

2022

Cuba and South Africa follow up on bilateral health cooperation

Pretoria, February 26, 2022.- The Ambassador of Cuba in South Africa, Enrique Orta González, held a fruitful meeting with the Deputy Minister of Health of South Africa Dr. Sibongiseni Dhlomo and the Director of the Nelson Mandela-Fidel Castro Medical Training Program, Pakiso Netshidzivhani.

The cooperation between Cuba and South Africa in the health sector has a historical character and constitutes a bastion of our bilateral relationship.

Feb

25

2022

Ambassador of Cuba offers political seminar on the blockade

Pretoria, 25 February, 2022.- The Cuban Ambassador to South Africa, Enrique Orta González, participated in a new edition of the "Michael Harmel" political studies seminar, an event organized by the South African Communist Party (SACP) on various topics. Harmel, who was the first editor of the then illegal magazine, "The African Communist", played a key role in forging and maintaining the unique ties that developed between the ANC and the Communist Party during the 1950s.

Feb

24

2022

Cuba participates in the provincial congress of the Confederation of South African Trade Unions

Pretoria, February 19, 2022.- The Cuban Ambassador to South Africa, Enrique Orta González, participated in the congress of the Confederation of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) of the province of Gauteng.

At the important event, he offered an update on the Cuban reality and the impact of the United States blockade against Cuba as the main obstacle to the island's socioeconomic development. The leaders of the organization and affiliates in general issued emotional declarations of solidarity with Cuba.

Feb

24

2022

Father Michael Lapsley ’honoured’ by Japanese Peace prize award

Pretoria, February 24, 2022.- The Japan Niwano Peace Prize, in its 39th edition, will award to Father Michael Lapsley, from South Africa, in recognition of his tireless struggle against apartheid and social discrimination, his support for the liberation movement in South Africa and his active participation in various peacebuilding activities in other parts of the world.

Feb

24

2022

Ambassador of Cuba holds meeting with the Secretary General of NEHAWU

Pretoria, February 24, 2022.- The Cuban Ambassador Enrique Orta González met today with Zola Saphetha, General Secretary of the South African Health and Education Workers Union (NEHAWU) .

NEHAWU has maintained its solidarity with Cuba in the most difficult moments, through the firm support it gives to the struggle to lift the United States blockade against Cuba, the defense of our right to self-determination and the construction of the road to socialism.

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