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The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) introduced its stakeholder magazine Ubuntu – South Africa’s Public Diplomacy in action – in August 2012. The publication’s objectives are to communicate with and inform stakeholders on South Africa’s foreign policy positions, achievements, objectives and goals. It also provides analysis and information on key departmental issues ranging from current affairs, bilateral and multilateral milestones, upcoming events, as well as international work done by other government departments, business and parastatals.

Issue 35, 22 November 2025:

Special features in Issue 35 include:

  • Welcome Message by the President

  • South Africa’s G20 Presidency: Shared humanity, interconnectedness and collective responsibility
  • South Africa’s G20 Presidency is uniquely poised to elevate African issues on the global map

  • Africa in Global Economic Governance: South Africa’s G20 Presidency and the measurable outcomes

  • South Africa’s G20 Presidency: Advancing Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability

  • Agriculture at the heart of global resilience: South Africa leads G20 dialogue on inclusive growth and innovation

  • South Africa leads the fight against corruption at the inaugural G20 Anti-Corruption Summit

  • No future without Culture

  • Cape Town welcomes the world: South Africa’s G20 moment

  • Building resilience through nature and community: South Africa’s leadership in Disaster Risk Reduction

  • Africa at the forefront: South Africa hosts historic G20 Development Working Group Ministerial in Kruger National Park

  • Education professionals for a changing world: A global narrative from the third G20 Education Working Group Meeting

  • A landmark for global labour: G20 ministers forge a historic consensus with the Fancourt Declaration, championing a future of dignity, equity, and prosperity for all

  • South Africa’s G20 legacy programme to tackle energy inefficiency in Africa

  • How private capital can deliver on G20’s six sustainability priorities

  • G20 dive into diagnostics

  • Minister Nzimande concludes South Africa’s G20 Research and Innovation Ministers’ Meeting with the successful adoption of the Tshwane Package 10 Deliverables

  • Building tourism together: Investing in Africa’s shared growth

  • South Africa’s G20 Vision for African Trade Transformation

  • South Africa places paid and unpaid care work as a priority for G20 working group

  • South Africa’s G20 Presidency: A historic moment for Africa and an elevation of Nation Branding
  • Championing inclusive growth amid elevated uncertainty

  • Harnessing Global Business for a future of Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability

  • Driving a global agenda for collective prosperity

  • Justice in a time of change: The 2025 J20 Summit forges new path for global judiciary

  • South Africa’s labour movement champions justice, dignity, and economic transformation at the 2025 L20 Summit

  • The value of the ocean to our global society

  • G20 delegates visit state-of-the-art astronomy facility in the Karoo

  • Bridging nations through democracy: South Africa welcomes the G20 Parliamentary Speakers’ Summit

  • Accountability for sustainable growth: South Africa’s vision at the SAI20 Summit

  • Positioning Africa within the global Startup20 dialogue

  • South Africa’s T20 Presidency: A blueprint for inclusive global collaboration

  • Cities as catalysts for global change: South Africa hosts the 2025 Urban 20 Mayors Summit

  • The Global Impact of W20: A catalyst for women’s economic empowerment

  • Youth 20 South Africa 2025: Youth Building Bridges: Uniting for Solidarity, Championing Equality, Driving Sustainability

  • South Africa: The Cradle of Humankind
  • Beyond souvenirs: South Africa’s artists craft meaning for the G20

  • Celebrating South Africa’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites

  • South Africa’s provinces: A world in one country

  • Ubuntu: The Spirit of “I Am Because We Are

Issue 34, 31 March 2025:

Special features in Issue 34 include:

  • Liberation Heritage: Breyten Breytenbach a masterful poet, jailed for his politics, who reimagined South Africa
  • Being-black-in-the-world: a tribute to pioneering South African psychologist Chabani Manganyi
  • Bridging Worlds: Turkish Ambassador Ayşegül Kandaş reflects on a transformative journey in South Africa
  • Reflections on South Africa’s 12th official language
  • K Sello Duiker, a rock star of South African literature, died 20 years ago. How his work lives on
  • About Ofentse Pitse
  • Drought and farming: how women in South Africa are using Indigenous knowledge to cope
  • Whale superhighways along the West Coast—a conservation success story
  • From Pain to Progress: Storytelling and Healing at Freedom Park
  • Flying the flag
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