African Union Commissioner for Trade and Industry, Ambassador Albert M. Muchanga, briefs the media on the Continental Free Trade Area and Youth Empowerment, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 30 June 2017.

Pictures: Katlholo Maifadi

Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane with her counterpart from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mr Léonard She Okitundu, Pretoria, South Africa, 24 June 2017.

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Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ms Maite Nkoana-Mashabane signing Former President Sir Ketumile Masire condolences book at the Botswana High Commission in Pretoria.

Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ms Maite Nkoana-Mashabane signing Former President Sir Ketumile Masire condolences book at the Botswana High Commission in Pretoria.

Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane with the Foreign Minister of China, Wang Yi; Foreign Minister of Brazil, Aloysio Nunes; Minister of State for External Affairs of India, Dr VK Singh; Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Lavrov; during BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting, Beijing Press Conference, People's Republic of China, 18-19 June 2017.

Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane also pays a courtesy call on the President of China, Mr Xi Jinping.

Pictures: Jacoline Schoonees

Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane with the Foreign Minister of China, Wang Yi; Foreign Minister of Brazil, Aloysio Nunes; Minister of State for External Affairs of India, Dr VK Singh; Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Lavrov; during BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting, Beijing, People's Republic of China, 18-19 June 2017.


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Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane with the Foreign Minister of China, Wang Yi; Foreign Minister of Brazil, Aloysio Nunes; Minister of State for External Affairs of India, Dr VK Singh; Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Lavrov; during BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting, Beijing, People's Republic of China, 18-19 June 2017.

Pictures: Jacoline Schoonees

Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane with the Foreign Minister of China, Wang Yi, during a Bilateral Meeting ahead of the BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting, People's Republic of China, 18 June 2017.

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Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in charge of Cooperation and Development, Mr Bary Rafatrolaza, and Acting Deputy Director General: Africa, Ambassador Ganga Tsengiwe, sign the MOU during the Madagascar Investors Conference hosted by the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) in partnership with the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), Pretoria, South Africa, 15 June 2017.

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President Jacob Zuma receives the Letters of Credence from Ambassadors and High Commissioners-designate at the Credentials Ceremony, Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guesthouse, Pretoria, South Africa, 8 June 2017.

The Ambassadors and High Commissioners-designate from nine countries present their credentials to the President: The United Arab Emirates, Republic of Turkey, Republic of Poland, Kingdom of Swaziland, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Republic of Benin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania and Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

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Deputy Minister Nomaindiya Mfeketo speaks at the Africa Day Publice Lecture, CPUT, Belleville, Cape Town, South Africa

Deputy Minister Nomaindiya Mfeketo speaks at the Africa Day Publice Lecture, CPUT, Belleville, Cape Town, South Africa.

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Deputy Minister Luwellyn Landers with the DIRCO's COO, Ambassador Nkosi, at a post DIRCO Budget Vote Public Lecture, Cape Town, South Africa

Deputy Minister Luwellyn Landers with the DIRCO's COO, Ambassador Nkosi, at a post DIRCO Budget Vote Public Lecture, Cape Town, South Africa, 26 May 2017.

Pictures: Jacoline Schoonees

Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane during a SABC Africa Day Dialogue, 25 May 2017, Cape Town, South Africa.

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South Africa – Hungary Senior Officials Meeting and the Signing of MOU on Water Resource Management between the Minister of Water and Sanitation of South Africa, Ms Nomvula Mokonyane, and the Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, Ambassador Bus, 23 May 2017.

Pictures: Yolande Snyman

Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane addresses students at the Black Management Forum Student Chapter, Polokwane, South Africa, 19 May 2017.

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Special Envoy of the President of South Africa, Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, pays a Courtesy Call on the President of Namibia, Mr Hage Geingob, Windhoek, Namibia, 18 May 2017.

Pictures: Jacoline Schoonees

African Regional Heads of Mission Conference, Lusaka, Zambia

Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane payes a Courtesy Call on the former President of Zambia, Mr Kenneth Kaunda, during the African Regional Heads of Mission Conference, Lusaka, Zambia, 15-17 May 2017.

African Regional Heads of Mission Conference, Lusaka, Zambia, 15-17 May 2017.

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Group photograph: Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane with the Foreign Minister of Tanzania, Dr Augustine P. Mahiga, at the South Africa - Tanzania Ministerial Session, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 10 May 2017.

South African Ministers in attendance are Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Rob Davies, Minister of Water and Envorinmental Affairs, Ms Edna Molewa, Minister of Transport, Mr Joe Maswanganyi, Minister of Science and Technology, Ms Naledi Pandor and Minister of Defence, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.

Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane with the Foreign Minister of Tanzania, Dr Augustine P. Mahiga, at the South Africa - Tanzania Ministerial Session, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 10 May 2017.

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Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane opens the High Commission of South African in Lilongwe, Malawi

Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane opens the new High Commission of South African in Lilongwe, Malawi.
She is joined by the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development of Malawi, Mr Austin Atupele Muluzi, in Lilongwe, Malawi, 9 May 2017.

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Group photograph: (left to right) Mr Iqbal M Surve from Sekunjalo, Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, the President of Asia – Pacific, Middle East, Africa & Turkey British Telecommunications, Mr Kevin Taylor, and the Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Rob Davies, Durban, South Africa, 3 May 2017.

Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and the Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Rob Davies, attend the BRICS Business Council Dinner, Durban, South Africa, 3 May 2017.

Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane attends the BRICS Business Council Dinner. Seated next to her on the table is, Mr Iqbal M Surve from Sekunjalo, and Senior Executive Strategic Trade Development, Mr Stavros Nicolaou, Durban, South Africa, 3 May 2017.

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Closing Ceremony of the Second Africa - China Youth Festival, Pretoria, South Africa, 26 April 2017.

Minister Edna Molewa and Vice Premier of the People’s Republic of China, Ms Liu Yandong, attend the closing of the Second Africa - China Youth Festival. Deputy Minister Buti Manamela is also in attendance.

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Minister of Science and Technology, Ms Naledi Pandor, signs an agreement with the Chinese Minister of Science and Technology, Mr Wang Zhigang, Pretoria, South Africa, 24 April 2017.

Minister of Communications, Ms Ayanda Dlodlo, signs an agreement with the Chinese Vice Minister of State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, Mr Tong Gang, Pretoria, South Africa, 24 April 2017.

Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane signs an agreement with the Chinese Vice Minister of Education, Mr Tian Xuejun, Pretoria, South Africa, 24 April 2017.

Minister of Arts and Culture, Mr Nathi Mthethwa, signs an agreement with the Chinese Vice Minister of Culture, Mr Ding Wei, Pretoria, South Africa, 24 April 2017.

Minister of Arts and Culture, Mr Nathi Mthethwa, with the Vice Premier of the People’s Republic of China, Ms Liu Yandong, Pretoria, South Africa, 24 April 2017.

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Minister of Small Business Development South Africa, Ms Zulu, with the Minister of Economy & Commerce, Qatar Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al-Thani. The Minsiters where joined by Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and the Foreign Minsiter of Qatar, Shaikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

The meeting also signed a MOU on creating a destination managment company in Qatar for FIFA World Cup 2022.

Ms Illana Pereira from Tourvest Destination Management signs the agreement with Abuissa Holding Chairman, Ashraf A.R. Abu Issa, Pretoria, South Africa, 12 April 2017.

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The Minister of Small Business Development South Africa, Ms Lindiwe Zulu, with Minister of Economy & Commerce of Qatar, Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al-Thani, Pretoria, South Africa, 12 April 2017.

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The Emir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, arrives at Waterkloof Air Force Base. He is received by Minsiter Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Pretoria, South Africa, 11 April 2017.

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Bilateral Meeting of South Africa and the Russian Federation at the Meeting of BRICS Special Envoys on Middle East, Visakapatnam, Republic of India, 11-12 April 2017.

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Group photograph (left to right): Deputy Minister Nomaindiya Mfeketo, Ambassador Amar Sinha of India, Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu of Andhra Pradesh Sri, Ambassador Gong Xiaosheng of China, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov of the Russian Federation, and Ambassador Ligia Maria Scherer of Brazil, Visakapatnam, Republic of India, 11-12 April 2017.

Minister Ms Maite Nkoana-Mashabane with Mr Bert Koenders, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Pretoria, South Africa, 11 April 2017.

Pictures: Jacoline Schoonees