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Cuban Five arrive in CT

Cape Town International Airport was packed to the rafters on Monday as local activists welcomed the Cuban Five. Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González and René González will officially be hosted by the ANC on a South African tour from the 21st of June to the 3rd of[…]

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DIRCO given ultimatum on Bassiouni

The Department of International Relations (DIRCO) has been given a deadline until the end of business on Wednesday to respond to the Bassiouni family on questions around the imprisonment of  Johannesburg-based scholar Shaykh Abdus Salaam Bassiouni in Cairo. Shaykh Bassiouni is an Egyptian-South African citizen who has been detained without[…]

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DIRCO scrambles to get SAfricans to safety

Some 50 South Africans are currently in quake-devastated Nepal but this figure may increase as the Department of International Relations (DIRCO) works to account for more SA citizens. “We don’t have a specific figure because information is difficult with people in Nepal due to the breakdown in communication,” said DIRCO[…]

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SAfricans in Nepal accounted for

All South Africans in Nepal during Saturday’s devastating earthquake have been accounted for, the department of international relations and so-operation said. ”They are all accounted for and safe,” said Dirco spokesperson Clayson Monyela. ”We are in touch with local authorities and so far there was nobody near the quake,” he[…]

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DIRCO assisting Sh Bassiouni

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) has responded to concerns over the detention of elderly South African scholar, Sheikh Abdul Salam Jad Bassiouni, who was arrested at the Cairo International Airport upon his arrival in Egypt. Bassiouni, who holds dual Egyptian and South African citizenship, is reported to[…]

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No clarity from Dirco on Korkie

International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane on Tuesday failed to clarify whether her department knew that Pierre Korkie’s release had been secured. “I had given you… specifics on what we did and knew about this particular case, from the time the hostages were taken to our interaction with the Yemeni government[…]

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SA-ISIS link ‘sensation’: analyst

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and the State Security department have both sought to play down speculation that more than 100 South African nationals are currently fighting in Syria as recruits for the radical Islamic State (IS) group. The allegations, emanating from reports in the Sunday Independent[…]

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SADC to meet over Lesotho unrest

Foreign ministers of three Southern Africa Development Community member states will be discussing the recent events in Lesotho, Dirco confirmed on Sunday. “Foreign ministers of South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia are meeting tonight in Pretoria to talk about matters of Lesotho,” said International Relations and Co-operation departmental spokesman, Clayson Monyela.[…]

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Delegations depart for MEast

Two delegations appointed by President Jacob Zuma will depart for the Middle East on Friday, the international relations department said. They would leave for Israel and Palestine on Friday, carrying the president’s messages to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, spokesman Clayson Monyela said in a[…]

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GOTG making diplomatic progress

Gift of the Givers founder Dr Imtiaz Sooliman says things are moving fast in their diplomatic efforts to get into Gaza via the Rafah border in Egypt and a medical mission could leave soon. The humanitarian relief NGO has received support from the Presidency and the Department of International Relations[…]

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