Honouring Cuba in Africa
Pretoria, 23 July 2025. Yesterday afternoon, a wreath was laid at the monument bearing the names of Cuban internationalists who fell in Africa, in the Freedom Park complex, in the presence of Lázara Mercedes López Acea and the delegation accompanying her. The delegation is visiting South Africa to participate in the Global Meeting on MSMEs.
Association of South African Graduates in Cuba in solidarity with the island
Pretoria, 19 July 2025. The Association of South African Graduates in Cuba (CAASA) condemned the new measures announced by the current US administration against senior officials in the Cuban Communist Party and government. The organisation issued a public statement expressing its solidarity with the island.
Solidarity knows no sanctions or blockades
Pretoria, 15 July 2025. The Young Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA) issued a statement of solidarity with Cuba and its leaders in response to the new sanctions imposed by the Donald Trump administration against the Cuban president and other senior government and Communist Party officials.
Relations between the Communist Parties of Cuba and South Africa are a source of strength
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.
To remember Cuito Cuanavale is to remember Cuba in Africa
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.