Honourable Speaker, Honourable Members, We are living through a period of geopolitical rupture in which the normative, institutional and political foundations of the post-1945 international order are being tested, strained and, in some cases, openly d ...
Speech delivered by Mr Alvin Botes, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, at the United Nations Country Team (UNCT), Annual Retreat, Greenhouse Café, Rosemary Hill Farm, 17 March 2026
Theme: The Global Moment and Its Implications for Country-Level Multilateralism Excellencies, United Nations Resident Coordinator, Mr Nelson Muffuh, Members of the United Nations Country Team, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank ...
South Africa to participate in the Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Retreat and the Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting (CFAMM)
The Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Alvin Botes, will lead a South African delegation to the 26th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Minister Meeting (CFAMM) Retreat and Ministerial Meeting, taking place at Lancaster House in Lond ...
Deputy Minister Botes to lead outreach event in Cape Town
The Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Alvin Botes, will lead an Outreach Programme at South Peninsula High School in Cape Town on Wednesday, 25 February 2026. The event forms part of DIRCO's nation-wide Public Participation ...
Keynote Address by Minister Ronald O Lamola on the 2026 Foreign Policy Outlook: Advancing People-Centred Development (Working Brunch), Rustenburg, North West, South Africa, 9 January 2026
Executive Mayor, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Ladies and gentlemen, Greetings, We meet today in an atmosphere of global unease. The events of the last few days and recent years have placed the world on shaky ground. We see rising geopolitical ...
DIRCO and Rustenburg Local Municipality to host a public participation event in Rustenburg
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation, in collaboration with the Rustenburg Local Municipality, will host a public participation event on Friday, 9 January 2026, at the Civic Centre in Rustenburg under the theme: Advancing People-Centr ...
SA’s G20 Presidency Focused On Ushering A New Era for African Debt Sustainability, Independent Online (IOL), by Alvin Botes, 18 November 2025
On 10 November 2025, we had the privilege to lead a delegation of the South African G20 Presidency to host the G20–Africa High-Level Dialogue on Debt Sustainability, Cost of Capital, and Financing Reforms at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, ...
Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Botes Address at the G20–Africa High-Level Dialogue on Debt Sustainability, Cost of Capital, and Financing Reforms, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10 November 2025
Programme Facilitator, HE Mrs Francisca Tatchouop Belobe, Commissioner for the Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals Department of the African Union Commission, HE Ambassador Claver Gatete, Executive Secretary, United Nations Econo ...
Keynote Address by Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Alvin Botes (MP), during the Second Mapungubwe Dialogues / First Edition of Diaspora Week Theme: “Promoting Socio-Economic and Cultural Rights as Forms of Reparatory Justice”, OR Tambo Building, Pretoria, 8 October 2025
It gives me great pleasure and privilege to welcome you all to this, the Second Mapungubwe Dialogues, held appropriately to coincide with the First Edition of the Diaspora Week. We gather today not merely as heirs to a sacred struggle and trustees of a ...
Keynote Address by Deputy Minister A Botes of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, during the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO) Public Dialogue, “Will South Africa’s G20 be a G20 on the African continent or an African G20?”, on 7 October 2025
It is an honour to address you today, and I extend my sincere appreciation to the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO) for inviting me to speak on the pivotal question of whether South Africa’s G20 will be a G20 on the African continent or an African G2 ...
Keynote Address by Deputy Minister Alvin Botes, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, at the G20 DIRCO-Sanlam Africa Outreach Programme, “Africa in Global Economic Governance: South Africa’s G20 Presidency and the Measurable Outcomes”, 6 October 2025
SPEAKER’S NOTES ON SOUTH AFRICA’S G20 PRESIDENCY When South Africa took over the Presidency of the G20 in December last year, we announced the Theme of our G20 Presidency, namely Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability, as a response to the global unce ...
Welcoming Address by the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Alvin Botes, at the Opening Ceremony of the Annual Conference of Speakers of African Parliaments, Pan-African Parliament Precinct, Midrand, South Africa, 29 September 2025
President of the Pan-African Parliament, His Excellency, The Right Honourable Chief Fortune Charumbira, Members of the Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament, The Speaker of the Transitional National Assembly of Gabon, HE Jean-François NDONGOU, represent ...
Reviving the Spirit of Bandung in an Era of Geopolitical Uncertainty, Independent Online (IOL), by Alvin Botes, 12 September 2025
SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION DAY TODAY, the United Nations marks South-South Cooperation Day. For those of us in the Global South, it is a moment to reflect on the genesis, trajectory, and future of an idea born of struggle, solidarity, steadfastness, an ...
DIRCO and UNISA to host a seminar on “The UN at 80: The post-World War II peace architecture and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty”
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and the University of South Africa (UNISA) will host a public seminar on Wednesday, 6 August 2025, under the theme: The United Nations (UN) at 80: The post-World War II peace architecture a ...