Image gallery of recent events

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Ronald Lamola, meets with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Mr Mohamed Sidati, who is also the Special Envoy of the President of the SADR, Mr Brahim Ghali, in Pretoria, South Africa, 15 July 2024.
Picture byline: Jacoline Schoonees/DIRCO

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Ronald Lamola, delivers the Budget Vote Speech for 2024 of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), Good Hope Chambers, Parliament, in Cape Town, South Africa, 11 July 2024.
Picture byline: Katlholo Maifadi/DIRCO

Deputy Minister Thandi Moraka attends the Southern African Development Community (SADC) 26th Meeting of the Ministerial Committee of the Organ (MCO) on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation in Lusaka, Republic of Zambia, 11-12 July 2024.
Picture byline: DIRCO

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Ronald Lamola, addresses the Symposium on South Africa’s Foreign Policy with the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, in Cape Town, South Africa, 11 July 2024.
Picture byline: Katlholo Maifadi/DIRCO

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Ronald Lamola, meets with former Minister Naledi Pandor. Deputy Minister Alvin Botes and Deputy Minister Thandi Moraka is received by the acting Director-General, Mr Clayson Monyela, at the OR Tambo Building, in Pretoria, South Africa, 5 July 2024.
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The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor, delivers a country statement during the BRICS Dialogue with developing countries, at the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation, 10-11 June 2024.
Picture byline: Katlholo Maifadi/DIRCO

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor, participates in the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation, 10-11 June 2024.
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The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor, addresses the Africa Day Celebrations event, in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1 June 2024.
Picture byline: Lunga Ngqengelele/DIRCO

Deputy Alvin Botes delivers the Keynote Address at an Africa Day event, themed ‟Celebrating Africa Day through Education, Innovation and Culture”, hosted by the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, in Cape Town, South Africa, 27 May 2024.
Picture byline: Katlholo Maifadi/DIRCO

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor, receives the honorific Brazilian award of the ‟Grand Cross of the Ord er of Rio Branco”, which the President of the Federal Republic of Brazil, HE President Lula Da Silva, bestowed upon her, in Pretoria, South Africa, 17 May 2024.
Picture byline: Katlholo Maifadi/DIRCO