Today, the six founding States of the Global Initiative to Galvanize Political Commitment to International Humanitarian Law announce that the High-Level Conference on Humanity in War will be held in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the fourth quarter of ...
Deputy President Mashatile and President Macron to honour French anti-apartheid activists
His Excellency, the Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Paul Mashatile will on Friday, 21 November 2025, host His Excellency, the President of France, Mr Emmanuel Macron, to commemorate the French citizens who played a role in the fight a ...
Eulogy by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Special Official Funeral of Ambassador of South Africa to the Republic of France, Mr Nkosinathi “Nathi” Mthethwa, KwaMbonambi, KwaZulu-Natal, 12 October 2025
Programme Director, My dear Sister and comrade, Ms Philisiwe Buthelezi and the children, The Mthethwa family, nesizwe sonke soNyambose, Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Members of Parliament, Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Mr Thamsanqa Ntuli, Members of t ...
President Ramaphosa to eulogise Ambassador Nathi Mthethwa funeral
President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Sunday, 12 October 2025 deliver the eulogy in honour of the late Ambassador Emmanuel Nkosinathi “Nathi” Mthethwa, in KwaMbonambi, KwaZulu-Natal. The late Ambassador to France will be honoured with a Special Official Fu ...
A Tribute to Ambassador Nkosinathi Emmanuel Mthethwa by Minister Ronald Lamola, 10 October 2025
Mthethwa and Family representatives, Your Excellencies, Deputy Director-General for Europe and the Americas Ambassador VM Dlomo, members of the diplomatic corps, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen. Our gathering here is a sombre reminder that Ambassador ...
DIRCO to host Official Memorial Service for the late Ambassador Mthethwa
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) will host the Official Memorial Service for the late Ambassador Emmanuel Nkosinathi “Nathi” Mthethwa on Friday, 10 October 2025. Ambassador Mthethwa served as South Africa’s Head of Miss ...
President Ramaphosa honours Ambassador Nathi Mthethwa with declaration of Special Official Funeral Category 2
President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared that the late Ambassador Emmanuel Nkosinathi “Nathi” Mthethwa will be honoured with a Special Official Funeral Category 2 at KwaMbonambi, KwaZulu-Natal, on Sunday, 12 October 2025. Ambassador Mthethwa, who served ...
President mourns passing of Ambassador Nathi Mthethwa
President Cyril Ramaphosa is saddened by the passing of Ambassador Emmanuel Nkosinathi "Nathi" Mthethwa, South Africa’s Head of Mission in Paris, who has died in tragic circumstances in the French capital at the age of 58. President Ramaphosa offers hi ...
South Africa mourns the untimely passing of Ambassador Nkosinathi Mthethwa
The Government of the Republic of South Africa announces with deep sorrow and profound regret the untimely passing of His Excellency Ambassador Nkosinathi Emmanuel Mthethwa, South Africa’s Ambassador to the French Republic. Ambassador Mthethwa was a di ...
South African Ministers arrive in Paris to champion reform at OECD Ministerial Meeting, target Africa’s Financing Gap
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Mr Ronald Lamola; and the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Mr Parks Tau, arrived in Paris today to lead South Africa’s delegation at the 2025 OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (from 3 to 4 June ...
Deputy President Mashatile concludes Working Visit to France
Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile has today, Saturday 24 May 2025, concluded a successful Working Visit to the Republic of France. The visit was aimed at reinforcing South Africa’s historic and warm bilateral relations with France by expandin ...
Remarks by Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile on the occasion of UNESCO’s Transforming MEN’talities, Paris, France, 23 May 2025
Programme Director, South Africa's Ambassador to the Republic of France, HE Nathi Mthethwa, Honourable Minsters and Deputy Ministers, UNESCO leaders and delegates, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, We have spent a week here dedicated to strength ...
Deputy President Mashatile pays a courtesy call on President Emmanuel Macron in France
Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile has today, Wednesday 22 May 2025, paid a courtesy call on the President of the French Republic, His Excellency Emmanuel Macron at his residence, Palais de I’Élysee. The Deputy President was accompanied by Min ...
Keynote Address by Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile on the occasion of the South Africa-France Investment Conference, France, 21 May 2025
Programme Directors, Deputy Minister Alvin Botes and Ms Sonja de Bruyn, Ambassador of South Africa to France, HE Mr Nathi Mthethwa, Ambassador of France to South Africa, HE Mr David Martinon, Ministers Motsoaledi, Creecy, Ndabeni, De Lille, and McKenzi ...
Deputy President Mashatile engages with South African and French businesses in a Roundtable Breakfast Dialogue
Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile has, today, 20 May 2025, engaged with South African and French businesses during a Roundtable Breakfast Dialogue hosted by MEDEF International in Paris. MEDEF is France’s largest business federation, represen ...
Deputy President Mashatile arrives in France on a Working Visit
Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile has this morning, Monday, 19 May 2025, arrived in Paris, the capital city of the Republic of France, on a Working Visit. The visit is aimed at reinforcing South Africa’s historic and warm bilateral relations ...
Deputy President Paul Mashatile undertakes an Official Working Visit to France
Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile will undertake an Official Working Visit to the Republic of France from 19 to 24 May 2025, for the South Africa-France Investment Conference. The visit is aimed at strengthening relations between the two countri ...
Joint Communiqué: Ministerial Forum for Political Dialogue between the French Republic and the Republic of South Africa, Paris, 16 May 2025
The 9th Session of the Ministerial Forum for Political Dialogue between the Republic of France and the Republic of South Africa was held in la Celle Saint-Cloud, France, on 16 May 2025. The French and South African delegations were led respecti ...
Ninth Meeting of the South Africa-France Forum for Political Dialogue
The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Ronald Lamola, has arrived in France to co-chair the Ninth Forum for Political Dialogue alongside the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the French Republi ...