Eswatini government thanks Cuba for sending doctors to fight COVID19
Pretoria, September 9, 2020.- The government of the Kingdom of Eswatini sent a message of gratitude to its Cuban counterpart, on behalf of His Majesty King Mswati III, the Queen Mother and the people and government of the Kingdom, for the valuable assistance given by the 19 doctors sent by the Island to assist in efforts against the COVID 19 pandemic.
Zweli Mkhize: Cuban Medical Brigade continues to play critical role in battle against Covid-19
Pretoria, September 3rd, 2020.- While there has been controversy around the deployment of the Cuban Medical Brigade, the team has been with us through the worst of the Covid-19 surge, writes Zweli Mkhize.
A little over four months ago, 187 highly skilled medical professionals boarded a South African Airways flight from Cuba – embarking on a 16-hour journey to Pretoria Waterkloof Air Force Base.
Tribute to a true ambassador
Pretoria, August 27, 2020.- Cuba and South Africa formally established diplomatic relations on May 11, 1994, just one day after Nelson Mandela´s inauguration as President.
In fact, Cuba was the first country that a liberated South Africa recognized diplomatically and the first in which South Africa established a new embassy after the end of Apartheid.
Cuban Medical Brigade arrived to Eswatini to assist against COVID19
Pretoria, August 20, 2020.- A Brigade of 19 Cuban doctors arrived today in the Kingdom of Eswatini, at the request of the government of that African country, to assist in the current health emergency caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Among the professionals who have just arrived from the Island, after a transit through South Africa, include specialists in comprehensive general medicine, epidemiology, microbiology, intensivists, clinicians, and others.
Cuban water resources cooperators arrive in South Africa
Pretoria, August 19, 2020.- Today 23 Cuban specialists from the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources arrived in South Africa, at the request of the government of this sister African country to assist in the more effective exploitation of water resources and in the maintenance and sanitation infrastructure.; as well as in the development of capacities through the training and support of local personnel, to jointly solve the challenges in water and sanitation that South Africa faces today.