Deputy Minister Alvin Botes Addressing families of victims of George building collapse by Ubuntu Radio

From Left to Right:

Joost Bunk: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Tshenolo Mhaka: Foreign Service Officer: DIRCO

Alexander Akerboom: Policy Officer: Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ms Monique Zonneveld: Policy Officer: Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Dutch Diplomats' Association is undertaking a study tour to South Africa.

South Africa and the Netherlands have a strong and historic relationship that started more than three centuries ago. Bilateral relations have grown in substance and diversity over the years, but 2023 was one of significant progress. In one year, South Africa welcomed Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Màxima for a State Visit, Prime Minister Mark Rutte for a working visit and Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins Slot for the Third Meeting of the South Africa – Netherlands Joint Commission. These visits and the substance of the discussions gave great momentum to bilateral relations.

The Netherlands is South Africa’s sixth largest trading partner, a major investor and development partner and the fourth largest source of overseas tourists. Much of the focus of the bilateral relationship is on green hydrogen and just energy transition. The Netherlands is now a full member of the International Partner Group of the JETP.

From Left to Right:

Joost Bunk: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Tshenolo Mhaka: Foreign Service Officer: DIRCO

Alexander Akerboom: Policy Officer: Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ms Monique Zonneveld: Policy Officer: Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Dutch Diplomats' Association is undertaking a study tour to South Africa.

South Africa and the Netherlands have a strong and historic relationship that started more than three centuries ago. Bilateral relations have grown in substance and diversity over the years, but 2023 was one of significant progress. In one year, South Africa welcomed Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Màxima for a State Visit, Prime Minister Mark Rutte for a working visit and Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins Slot for the Third Meeting of the South Africa – Netherlands Joint Commission. These visits and the substance of the discussions gave great momentum to bilateral relations.

The Netherlands is South Africa’s sixth largest trading partner, a major investor and development partner and the fourth largest source of overseas tourists. Much of the focus of the bilateral relationship is on green hydrogen and just energy transition. The Netherlands is now a full member of the International Partner Group of the JETP.

Ambassador Tomas Christensen is the Danish Climate Envoy visiting South Africa this week.

Minister Naledi Pandor speaks to the University of Fort Hare prior to the Annual ZK Matthews Public Lecture.

In 1924, Zachariah Keodirelang “ZK” Matthews made history as the first graduate of the University of Fort Hare (UFH). To honour his centenary graduation, Professor Sakhela Buhlungu, UFH Vice-Chancellor and Principal, has declared 2024 as the “Year of ZK Matthews” at Fort Hare.

The University has organized a series of events in commemoration of this significant milestone. Among these was a public lecture which was delivered by Professor Malegapuru Mampokoro (Poki) William Makgoba, a distinguished South African immunologist, physician, public health advocate, and academic.

Minister Naledi Pandor speaks to the University of Fort Hare prior to the Annual ZK Matthews Public Lecture.

In 1924, Zachariah Keodirelang “ZK” Matthews made history as the first graduate of the University of Fort Hare (UFH). To honour his centenary graduation, Professor Sakhela Buhlungu, UFH Vice-Chancellor and Principal, has declared 2024 as the “Year of ZK Matthews” at Fort Hare.

The University has organized a series of events in commemoration of this significant milestone. Among these was a public lecture which was delivered by Professor Malegapuru Mampokoro (Poki) William Makgoba, a distinguished South African immunologist, physician, public health advocate, and academic.

In 1924, Zachariah Keodirelang “ZK” Matthews made history as the first graduate of the University of Fort Hare (UFH). To honour his centenary graduation, Professor Sakhela Buhlungu, UFH Vice-Chancellor and Principal, has declared 2024 as the “Year of ZK Matthews” at Fort Hare.

The University has organized a series of events in commemoration of this significant milestone. Among these was a public lecture delivered by Professor Malegapuru Mampokoro (Poki) William Makgoba, a distinguished South African immunologist, physician, public health advocate, and academic.

Themed “Achieving the impossible through seeing the invisible,” the public lecture is particularly poignant as the nation celebrates 30 years of democracy, a milestone once deemed impossible to achieve before 1994.

Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor , delivering the second annual Shireen Abu Akleh Memorial Lecture at the University of Johannesburg’s APK Library, Auckland Park Kingsway Park Campus in Johannesburg, 08 May 2024.

Interview with Ambassador Nolufefe Dwabayo in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea by Ubuntu Radio

DIRCO Minister Dr Naledi Pandor speaks to the media at the conclusion of her courtesy call on the President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea HE Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. Minister Pandor is in Malabo on a Working Visit.