Pretoria, January 25, 2022.- The President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, received this afternoon, in a solemn audience held at the presidential residence, the Letters of Credence accrediting the Cuban Ambassador Enrique Orta González, as the new Ambassador of Cuba to the Republic of South Africa.
South Africa, January 24, 2022.- Today, at the headquarters of the Embassy of Cuba in South Africa, the act of constitution and inauguration of the Electoral Commission of Constituency number 119 took place, which will coordinate the process of consultation and referendum of the new Family Code of Cuba among Cuban personnel for official reasons in South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho.
The first day of the largest graduation in the history of the Fidel Castro - Nelson Mandela Program, which began in 1996, was held.
On December 9 and 10, at the University of the South African province of Limpopo, the graduation of 1 292 South African students, who were studying Medicine in Cuba, will take place thanks to this Medical Training Program.
As part of the official program of the visit to South Africa of the Vice Minister of Education of Cuba, Cira Piñeiro, a high-level Cuba-South Africa meeting was held today with the participation of a delegation of South African educational authorities chaired by the Minister of Basic Education of South Africa , Angie Motshekga.
After the meeting, the Cuban representative took a tour of the Freedom Park museum, where they paid tribute to the Cuban martyrs fighters of the struggles against the apartheid regime and colonialism in southern Africa.
South African friends, authorities from the Free State province and the members of the official delegation of the Cuban Vice Minister of Education, Cira Piñeiro, visited the "Fidel Castro" building and placed a wreath on the statue of that town erected in homage to the leader. history of the Cuban Revolution.