ANC and SACP in permanent solidarity with Cuba
Pretoria, 25 February 2026.- The head of the International Relations Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Emilio Lozada García, held two virtual meetings with the secretary general of the African National Congress (ANC), Fikile Mbalula and with General Secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP), Solly Mapaila. These meetings reaffirm the solid and historic ties that exist between the Cuban and South African peoples, united by their tradition of struggle and opposition to colonialism.
Messages of solidarity with Cuba continue to arrive
Pretoria, 25 February 2026.- Messages of solidarity with Cuba continue to arrive from the African continent, this time from the Basotho Action Party of the Kingdom of Lesotho, which issued a strong statement of solidarity with the Cuban people in these difficult times. Here the full statement.
South African friends honour Cuba's spirit of resilience
Cape Town, 24 February 2026.- The Friendship Association with Cuba in South Africa, FOCUS, especially the Western Cape chapter, commemorated the 131st anniversary of the reigniting of the struggle for Cuban independence in a statement. The statement recognizes the resilience of the Cuban people, who are not giving up today, just as they did not give up 131 years ago, when they had practically won the war against Spain and US imperialism intervened.
Foreign Ministers of Cuba and South Africa hold bilateral meeting
Pretoria, 23 February 2026.- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla held a fruitful bilateral meeting with his South African counterpart, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola, during the High-Level Segment of the 61st session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The meeting is part of regular exchanges between the two sister nations, which share a common past.
Gathering held with young Cubans living in South Africa
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.