Johannesburg, March 25, 2025 - Ambassador Esther Armenteros, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of Cuba in South Africa held a fruitful meeting with Nomvula Mokonyane, First Deputy Secretary-General of the African National Congress (ANC). During the fraternal exchange, they highlighted the strong and historic ties between Cuba and the ANC, marked by the close friendship between leaders Fidel Castro and Nelson Mandela.
Pretoria, 23 March 2025 - The 37th anniversary of the victory in the battle of Cuito Cuanavale, in Angola, was celebrated this Sunday in the capital's Freedom Park, a historic site that captures an important part of South African history, including the struggle for the liberation of southern Africa, in which Cuba played a fundamental role.
Centurion, 22 March 2025 - In commemoration of the 37th anniversary of the victory in Cuito Cuanavale, the 63rd and 64th anniversaries of the Union of Young Communists of Cuba and the José Martí Pioneers Organisation, respectively, the Cuban Embassy in Pretoria celebrated a friendly softball game.
Johannesburg, 17 March 2025 - The Second Secretary of the Embassy, Bryan Betancourt Brito, participated in the COSATU Gauteng Provincial Congress, where he shared with members of the South African workers' union and its affiliated organisations, comrades from the Communist Party and members of the Cuba Solidarity Movement.
Pretoria, 11 March 2025 - The Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, laid a wreath at the Wall of Names, a monument in Freedom Park that pays tribute to the 2289 Cubans who fell in the struggle for the liberation of Africa. This tribute was made in the context of his working visit to the Republic of South Africa.