CELEBRATING TEN YEARS OF FREEDOM
SOUTH AFRICAN REPRESENTATION ABROAD
ACTION PLANS
Updated – 07042004
Region
SOUTHERN
AFRICA
Mission
SOUTH
AFRICAN HIGH
COMMISSION
GABORONE
BOTSWANA
Events/Activities
Cultural event: 24 April 2004
Date
Apr 2004
Church Service: 25 April 2004
Freedom Day Reception: 27 April 2004
Invitees to include Botswana government officials, members of the diplomatic corps and Embassy contacts and the South African expatriate
community living and working in Botswana. May include a performance by a South African musician/group. Traditional South African food will be
served.
Seminar/workshop
Focusing on the role and position of women in South Africa since the first democratic elections in April 1994.
Exhibition by various South African Government Departments.
Focusing on the role of each Department in the transformation of South African society since 1994 and the role and function of Government and its
institutions.
South African Open day
To be organised for all South Africans living in Botswana. South African garments to be displayed, - food to be served and new South African artists
to perform.
Schools Drawing Competition
Sep 2004
Veterans Dinner
Oct 2004
Cleaning of the graves of Struggle Heroes
Nov 2004
Joint NEPAD follow-up workshop
Theme: Conflict resolution and Xenophobia
Dec 2004
Unveiling of Monument in Francistown
2
Region
Mission
SOUTH
AFRICAN HIGH
COMMISSION
MASERU
LESOTHO
SOUTH
AFRICAN HIGH
COMMISSION
MBABANE
SWAZILAND
Events/Activities
Freedom Day Celebrations: 27 April 2004
Celebrations and River Rafting Race: The Caledon River
Date
Apr 2004
International Marketing Dinner : 27 April 2004
Venue: Ezulwini Sun
Performance by Billy Brandt
Apr 2004
Expo Show
South African companies to showcase South African products
Thanksgiving: Second week in June 2004
Healing and cleansing ceremony in honour of South African Freedom Fighters who died during the liberation struggle
SOUTH
AFRICAN HIGH
COMMISSION
WINDHOEK
NAMIBIA
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
LUANDA
ANGOLA
SOUTH
AFRICAN HIGH
COMMISSION
Youth Day: 16 June 2004
Half marathon in support of the efforts by the government of Swaziland to highlight the impact of HIV/AIDS amongst the youth
Freedom Day Function: 27 April 2004
Invitees to include dignitaries (politicians, diplomats, business executives and high-ranking officials)
Music Festival: 1 May 2004
Music and art exhibitions
Air Show
Two music groups, one from South African and one from Namibian, to perform
Radio interview with South African Ambassador to Angola
Freedom Day Dinner
Showcasing South African products
South African Breweries and other companies
Donation of food to an orphanage
NEPAD Workshop
1-Day workshop on NEPAD and the Peer Review Mechanism for the business sector, academia, senior civil servants, political parties and members
of civil society
Jun 2004
Apr 2004
May 2004
29 Apr 2004
30 Apr 2004
3
Region
Mission
LILONGWE
MALAWI
SOUTH
AFRICAN HIGH
COMMISSION
LUSAKA
ZAMBIA
SOUTH
AFRICAN HIGH
COMMISSION
HARARE
ZIMBABWE
Events/Activities
Date
Freedom Day: 27 April 2004
Performance by a Tu Nokwe Management group
Celebrations at Museum: 26 April 2004
Performance by a South African Jazz band
27 Apr 2004
Apr 2004
Freedom Day Reception: 27 April 2004
Ambassador’s Residence
Photographic Exhibition: April 2004
Keynote Address
Delivery of a keynote address by a high profile South African representative
Business function
To be hosted by the South African Minister of Finance or of Trade and Industry
Sporting events
To include a coaching clinic for cricket and a mini marathon with 3 or 4 South African athletes
Business Breakfast:
To be hosted with a motivational speaker from South Africa
Mar 2004
10th Anniversary Golf Day: 25 April 2004
To be hosted by the South African Business Association
Apr 2004
Soccer Match
Between local teams Dynamos and Highlanders
Freedom Day: 27 April 2004
Promotion of the 10 best tourism destinations in South Africa
Parade to Unity square to thank the people of Zimbabwe for their support during the struggle
Possible performance by Miriam Makeba or Jabu Khanyile
Art Competition: 16 June 2004
10 young South Africans to be invited to interact with their peers
Jun 2004
4
Region
Mission
Events/Activities
Date
Charity Dinner: June 2004
Performing group from South Africa
Book Fair: July 2004
Participation by UNISA and Technikon South Africa
Jul 2004
Memorial of fallen heroes
Wreath laying ceremony
Film Festival: 28 August to 11 September 2004
Cultural Festival: 24 September 2004
Celebrating South African culture
Performing group from South Africa
SOUTH
AFRICAN HIGH
COMMISSION
MAPUTO
MOZAMBIQUE
Aug / Sep
2004
Annual Gala Dinner: 28 October 2004
Performing group from South Africa
Oct 2004
Commemoration: 16 December 2004
Performing group from South Africa
Matola Raid Commemoration: 13 – 14 February 2004
Cleansing ceremony attended by Deputy President Jacob Zuma
Dec 2004
South Africa Week: 22 – 27 April 2004
Apr 2004
National Day Celebrations: 23 to 25 April 2004
Family Open Day: 25 April 2004
Freedom Day: 27 April 2004
Reception: Celebrations to be officially opened by Minister Alec Erwin from South Africa and Minister Luisa Diogo from Mozambique
Gala night: Guest of honour: HE Dr NC Dlamini-Zuma
Performances by:
Feb 2004
5
Region
Mission
WEST AND
CENTRAL
AFRICA
SOUTH
AFRICAN HIGH
COMMISSION
ACCRA
GHANA
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
ABIDJAN
IVORY COAST
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
BAMAKO
MALI
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
DAKAR
SENEGAL
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
KINSHASA
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF
THE CONGO
Events/Activities
Soweto String Quartet: 22 April 2004
Jonas Gwangwa: 23 April 2004
Swazi: 25 April 2004
Photographic Exhibition
Portraying South African history
Date
Cultural event
To take place at the Cultural Centre in Abidjan. South African groups to perform. To exhibited displays from the various South African
government departments. Speakers from South Africa to discuss the negotiations that led to freedom, democracy and reconciliation. NEPAD
socio economic changes and challenges will also be discussed. Attendees to include members of the diplomatic community, business
contacts, government officials and members of the public.
Freedom Day Reception
Performing groups from South Africa
17 Apr 2004
Freedom Day Reception
Performing groups from South Africa
May 2004
South Africa Week: 4 – 8 May 2004
Theme: “Agriculture: Water and Food Security”
Business Forum; Jewellery Design; Hospitality Industry, Wine Tasting, Cultural Activities, Music Exhibitions, Research in Animal Husbandry
and Insemination; Golf Fundraising Event for a hospital
Involvement by Free State Province
May / Jun
2004
6
Region
Mission
SOUTH
AFRICAN
CONSULATE
GENERAL
LUBUMBASHI
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF
THE CONGO
SOUTH
AFRICAN HIGH
COMMISSION
LAGOS
NIGERIA
SOUTH
AFRICAN HIGH
COMMISSION
ABUJA
NIGERIA
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
LIBREVILLE
GABON
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
YAOUNDE
Events/Activities
Date
Freedom Day Reception: 24 April 2004
Performance by a South African jazz group
Apr 2004
Youth Day Celebration: 16 June 2004
Open day concert at the National Stadium
A South African music celebration including younger artists in collaboration with Nigerian musicians
Jun 2004
Women’s Day: August 2004
The construction of a commemorative wall in the Abuja Millennium Park. To be decorated by a celebrated South African Mural/Graphic Artist on one
side and for South African and Nigerian women and youth to paint celebratory messages on the other.
Dignitaries in attendance to be the South African Minister of Foreign Affairs or the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, women in government,
women business leaders and other guests
Aug 2004
7
Region
EAST AFRICA
Mission
CAMEROON
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
NAIROBI
KENYA
SOUTH
AFRICAN HIGH
COMMISSION
KAMPALA
UGANDA
SOUTH
AFRICAN HIGH
COMMISSION
DAR ES
SALAAM
TANZANIA
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
KIGALI
RWANDA
SOUTH
AFRICAN
LIAISON
OFFICE
BUJUMBURA
BURUNDI
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
ADDIS ABABA
Events/Activities
Date
Freedom Day: 27 April 2004
Performance by Don Laka
Apr
2004
Youth Day: 24 - 27 June 2004
Performance by Mafikizolo
Jun 2004
Women’s Day: 9 August 2004
Performance by Gloria Bosman
10th Anniversary Commemoration of the 1994 Rwanda Genocide: 7 April 2004
Participation in the Commemoration service by President and Mrs Thabo Mbeki accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Nkosazana
Dlamini Zuma, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs, Professor Dirk du Toit and senior government officials.
Aug
2004
Apr 2004
Heritage Day: 24 September 2004
Sep 2004
8
Region
NORTH
AFRICA
Mission
ETHIOPIA
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
KHARTOUM
SUDAN
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
ANTANANARIV
O
MADAGASCA
R
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
MORONI
SEYCHELLES
SOUTH
AFRICAN HIGH
COMMISSION
PORT LOUIS
MAURITIUS
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
ALGIERS
ALGERIA
Events/Activities
Date
Exhibitions and Cultural Shows: 24 to 27 April 2004
Performances by the Tribangi Dance Group (Zulu/Indian collaboration)
Participation by a South African Artist and Chef (organised through South African Chefs Association – SACA)
Apr 2004
Programme:
Day one: Art Exhibition and Cultural Show (Continuing for 4 days)
Day two: Book Fair
Day three: Tourism Exhibition
Day Four: South African Film festival
Day Five: National day celebrations
South Africa Week: 15 April 2004 – 1 May 2004
Freedom Day Celebrations: 27 April 2004
Theme: Celebrating Freedom: A Journey from South to North
Food fair and cultural exhibition
Performance by Tu Nokwe
Apr/ May
2004
9
Region
Mission
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
CAIRO
EGYPT
Events/Activities
Venue: Hilton Hotel
Africa Day Event: May 2004
(COLLABORATION WITH MISSION IN PARIS)
Possibility of a performance by the Soweto String Quartet
Freedom Day Reception: 28 April 2004
Performance by Ibutho Iase Africa Cultural Dance Group
Celebrate South Africa Food Festival: 29 April to 8 May 2004
Performance by Ibutho Iase Africa Cultural Dance Group
Venue: Nile Hilton Hotel
Apartheid Museum Exhibition and Seminars
Official opening: Performance by Ibutho Iase Africa Cultural Dance Group
Seminars:
Venue: American University in Cairo.
Topics: AUC Ambassador Lecture, South Africa’s Foreign Policy: Past, Present and Future, Gender and Youth Issues, Institutions of democracy, and
South Africa’s economic challenges in the globalised world.
Venue: Cairo University
Topics: NEPAD, Afro-Arab Co-operation, Challenges of transformation – From liberation movement to ruling part, Civil society in South Africa – Pre
and post democracy, and Establishing a Culture of Human Rights in a Democratic Dispensation – The South African Experience.
Tourism Workshop
Egyptian electronic media team to visit South Africa and record tourist sights, which will be featured on Egyptian TV Channels during the Freedom
Day week. Prior to flighting, a workshop will be conducted for travel agents and consumers, to give information and create greater awareness so that
the flighted programme reinforces the given message.
Concert at Cairo Opera House
Musical Performance by a South African Jazz Group / Traditional Dance Group
School Essay Competition
Among the local schools to create awareness about South Africa and promote cultural ties between South Africa and Egypt. The winners will be
awarded a prize that entails a visit to South Africa, to be hosted by a South African school.
Date
Apr 2004
Apr / May
2004
10
Region
Mission
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
RABAT
MOROCCO
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
TRIPOLI
LIBYA
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
TUNIS
TUNISIA
EAST ASIA
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
Events/Activities
Model UN Debate
The Embassy will request the Cairo Model UN to hold a special debate on International Racism and the South African Experience
Date
Other planned activities:
South African Cultural Week
Arts and Crafts Exhibition
South African Film Festival Week
Exhibition and Films
Showcasing the actions and visits undertaken by former President Mandela and other cadres of the liberation movement during the 1960's to
invite support for the struggle against apartheid. The event will be preceded by a cocktail function to be addressed by speakers representing
the African, Arab, European and American Missions in Rabat. To showcase videos e.g. on the Inauguration of former President Mandela, etc.
Festivities
Involving other diplomatic missions and South Africans, residing in Morocco, to join in the festivities and to give inputs accordingly.
Musicians /dance group from South Africa to participate in the festivities
Freedom Day Reception: 27 April 2004
Theme: “Decade of Democracy Celebration”
Address by a South African speaker
Photo exhibition on South Africa's struggle for democracy
Displays of typical South African arts and crafts
Possible participation by South African jazz group
Human Rights Workshop
Discussion on NEPAD
Speaker to be invited to talk on Women's Rights and the APRM
Apr 2004
Oct 2003
Tourism Week
Participation in a Tourism Week
Showcasing of South Africa films and videos
South African Cuisine
South African Chef to prepare traditional South African cuisine
Commemorative Publication:
Theme: Celebration of 10 years of Freedom and 5 years of Diplomatic Relations between South Africa and the People’s Republic of China
Agreement with People’s Daily
Dec 2003
11
Region
Mission
BEIJING
PEOPLE’S
REPUBLIC OF
CHINA
SOUTH
AFRICAN
CONSULATEGENERAL
SHANGHAI
PEOPLE’S
REPUBLIC OF
CHINA
SOUTH
AFRICAN
CONSULATE
GENERAL
HONG KONG
PEOPLE’S
REPUBLIC OF
CHINA
Events/Activities
Visit by Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Mr YU Ning to South Africa: 2 – 9 December 2003
Naval visit
(awaits final confirmation from the Chief of the South African Navy)
South African Exhibition by The DTI on board of vessel
South African Food and Wine Festival in conjunction with one of the leading South African hospitality establishments, wineries and agricultural
exporters
Cultural Events – South African Navy Band and other South African cultural groups
Tourism Exhibition involving provinces and key product suppliers
Freedom Day Celebrations
Launch of extensive media campaign
South African – Chinese Business Association to organise business discussions and seminars
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) to hold a seminar on democracy in South Africa
Celebrations in cooperation with South African Embassy in Beijing
South African Navy to call on Shanghai port
Hong Kong Flower Show: 5 – 14 March 2004
Participation by South Africa
Date
Apr 2004
Apr 2004
Mar 2004
Freedom Day Reception
Port call by a South African Naval vessel
Reception and Cultural Events to be held on board the vessel.
Film Festival: 21 May 2004 – 4 June 2004
Theme: “10 Years of Freedom”
In cooperation with the Gauteng Film Office and the local authorities
Week long Joint SAA-SACG
Theme: 10 Years of Freedom
May /
Jun2004
12
Region
Mission
SOUTH
AFRICAN
LIAISON
OFFICE
TAIPEI
TAIWAN
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
TOKYO
JAPAN
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
SEOUL
SOUTH
KOREA
SOUTH EAST
ASIA &
AUSTRALASI
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
Events/Activities
Celebration promotion involving South African chefs and the wine industry, live music performance and cultural performances.
Freedom Day: 27 April 2004
Fashion show
Performance by a cultural group from South Africa
Date
Visiting journalists: April / May 2004
Facilitate a visit by two travel journalists of the leading travel magazine, “Mook”, to South Africa to publish a 12—page brochure exclusively on
South African tourism.
Apr/May 2004
Women’s Luncheon on Women’s Day: 9 August 2004
High profile
To highlight how the role and status of women in South Africa has been enhanced since the advent of democracy 10 years ago.
Freedom Day Reception: 30 April 2004
Aug
2004
Apr 2004
Apr
2004
Branding: “Alive with possibility”
Freedom Day Celebrations: 27 April 2004 (week-long)
Reception
Performance by the musical-fashion-culture group, Meropa Heritage
Food and Wine Festival: 2 chefs from Hyatt, Johannesburg
Venue: Hyatt Hotel
Apr 2004
Visit by Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri to Seoul: May 2004
Attending the 2004 Global Summit for Women
High profile Women’s function
May 2004
Heritage Day: September 2004
Possible joined production of a show of South African and Korean percussionists
BANGKOK:
Freedom Day Reception and Food and Wine Exhibition: 25 April to 3 May 2004
Performances by the Dube Youth Choir
Sep 2004
Apr/May 2004
13
Region
A
Mission
BANGKOK
THAILAND
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
HONOI
VIETNAM
SOUTH
AFRICAN HIGH
COMMISSION
KUALA
LUMPUR
MALAYSIA
Events/Activities
Invitation to a major Thai political figure to be the guest of honour
Design and printing of special invitation cards with an African theme
Broadcasting of a recorded video message from President Mbeki during the reception
Printing of a special glossy supplement on "Ten Years of South Africa’s Democracy"
Television, radio and magazine interviews with Ambassador Pheto
CAMBODIA:
Freedom Day Reception: 10 April 2004
Performances by Malefane Mokoena
Freedom Day Function: 27 April 2004
Performance by South African Cultural Group
Date
April 2004
Cultural performance
Tour by a South African Cultural Group
Possibly also touring Bangkok and Singapore for 2 – 3 months
World Understanding and Peace Month: February 2004
South Africa Day: 21th or 28th
High Commissioner will deliver a short speech
Performing Students
Feb 2004
Matta International Travel Fair 2004: March 2004
Performance by Gaabo Motho Cultural Dancers
Mar 2004
Launch of album by Dr Abdullah Ibrahim: April to May 2004
Apr /May
2004
Freedom Day: April 2004
South Africa Day
Symposium on African Union and NEPAD
Fashion Show
Photographic Exhibition
South Africa / Shangri-La Hotel Promotion: 21 to 1 May 2004
14
Region
Mission
Events/Activities
“AFRIDA” to visit Malaysia to participate in 10-day food and beverage promotion
Date
Africa Day: May 2004
Performance by Vusi Matlasela
Activities planned in conjunction with Malaysia/South Africa Business Council (MSABC):
Business seminar
Jewellery exhibition
Fashion Show
Exhibition on South Africa’s reptilia and flora
South African Week in collaboration with University of Malaya
Information on short history of Cape Malay
Display picture of cuisine, housing, people and interesting items
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
JAKARTA
INDONESIA
SOUTH
AFRICAN HIGH
COMMISSION
SINGAPORE
SINGAPORE
Token of Appreciation/Thanks to Malaysia
Event of thanksgiving to people of Malaysia
Presenting scrolls of honour to various individuals
Special tribute to Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad: Possible award
Freedom Day Function: 27 April 2004
Apr/May 2004
Cultural performance by Gaabo Motho: 21 to 2 May 2004
Cultural performance
Tour by South African Cultural Group
South African Navy and Freedom Day Reception
Proposed visit by a South African Naval Vessel
Gala Evening – South African cuisine and wine
Invitees to include 400 highly placed political, business and military contacts
Business seminar on board - topic to be selected that is relevant to Singapore/South Africa interests and that is related to NEPAD priorities.
Possible industries include construction, harbour management, mining, infrastructure development. To invite experts on the subjects from
South Africa. To invite cabinet ministers to officiate at these functions
To pursue local zoo to have African animals
Apr 2004
15
Region
Mission
SOUTH
AFRICAN HIGH
COMMISSION
CANBERRA
AUSTRALIA
CENTRAL &
SOUTH ASIAN
STATES
SOUTH
AFRICAN HIGH
COMMISSION
NEW DELHI
INDIA
Events/Activities
Performance on board – South African group to perform for invited guests in the tourism, arts and academic fields
Fashion show - to showcase South Africa’s jewellery industry.
Exhibition – Featuring South Africa’s sophisticated infrastructure and of those South African companies that are already making a difference in
Africa, but also have stakes in Asia. SASOL, Murray and Roberts, SAPPI, ABSA, NEDCOR, International SOS and SAFAIR are amongst the
South African companies that are already represented in Singapore and to be approached to assist with the exhibition and to make
presentations. The mining industry in South Africa is also of interest to Singaporean investors and their contribution would be of relevance.
Date
Alternative
Should the visit of the Naval Vessel not materialise the Embassy intends to have the same programme culminating in a grand function at the
Singapore Zoo
Freedom Day Celebration: April 2004
Apr 2004
Seminars: throughout the year
Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth
Focus on political liberation, trade and investment.
To promote of NEPAD to invite members of the NEPAD Secretariat to participate. To attempt to ensure Ministerial attendance at some of the
seminars. The Australian-South African Business Council, South African friendship groups, including former anti-Apartheid activists, prominent
politicians, business persons, academics and the expatriate South African community in Australia will be invited to these seminars.
South Africa Week: Celebrating 10 years of Freedom: April 2004
Apr 2004
Performance by Vusi Mahlasela and band
Stoned Cherry and Sun Goddess fashion designers and models
Food Festival: South African chefs from Ceasers Palace
Wine tasting: Meerlust Wines
Art Painting Exhibition
Film Festival: 3 Film Directors
Women’s Day celebration: 09 August 2004
“Women Unite” group from Cape Town will visit India to interact with their counterparts on issues related to the empowerment of women. They
will interact with and share experiences on the gains that women have made since achieving freedom in their respective countries.
Aug 2004
School Interaction Programme: September 2004
South African High School pupils from 3 provinces (Gauteng, Limpopo and Western Cape) to visit India to celebrate 10 years of Freedom with
their Indian counterparts, this will be a follow-up to the visit initiated by the Mission in April 2003, during which Indian school pupils visited South
Africa.
Sep 2004
16
Region
MIDDLE EAST
Mission
SOUTH
AFRICAN
CONSULATEGENERAL
MUMBAI
INDIA
SOUTH
AFRICAN HIGH
COMMISSION
ISLAMABAD
PAKISTAN
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
TEHRAN
IRAN
Events/Activities
Date
Tour by Dance Company: November 2004
Siwela Sonke Dance Company from Durban
Performance: March2004
Performance by Hugh Masekela and band
Nov 2004
National Day, Africa Day and either Human Rights Day or Women’s Day will feature as part of the Mission’s activities around the celebration of
ten years of freedom. Also planned are a visit of Pakistani parliamentarians to South Africa and the possibility of a journalist from Pakistan
visiting South Africa in May.
South Africa Awareness: 27 March to 27 April 2004
Business women Workshop: Khomotso Mhalatse from Trade Point-Tshwane
Business men Workshop: Yusuf Emeran, former Head of the Cape Chamber of Commerce
Mining and Agricultural Workshop: Officials form the Department of Minerals and Energy and ARC
NEPAD Workshop
Tourism Workshop: Chantal Cuddumbey from South African Tourism
Hospitality Industry Workshop
South Africa Week: 21 – 27 April 2004
Possible performance by male gumboot dancers
Billboard Advertisement
Films, Arts and Crafts Festival:
Cry Freedom
Beautiful People
Sarafina
SOUTH
AFRICAN
MISSION
Mar 2004
Mar/ Apr 2004
17
Region
Mission
DAMASKUS
SYRIA
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
KUWAIT CITY
STATE OF
KUWAIT
Events/Activities
Date
National Day reception: 27 April 2004
Apr 2004
South African Food Week: last week of April 2004
South African Handicraft Exhibition: last week of April 2004
Collaboration with a British national who collects South African handicraft.
Kuwait International Travel and Tourism Exhibition: 26 to 29 April 2004
Possible assistance by South African Tourism with the South African stand. To publicise South Africa's political transition and cultural tourism at
the event. Hosting a Reception for South African exhibitors and contacts in the Kuwaiti travel industry.
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
MUSCAT
OMAN
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
RIYADH
SAUDI ARABIA
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
JEDDAH
SAUDI ARABIA
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
DOHA
QATAR
SOUTH
AFRICAN
South African Event
In co-ordination with Dubai
South African Event
In co-ordination with Dubai
Freedom Day: 27 April 2004
Performance by traditional Zulu dancers – not confirmed
Apr 2004
18
Region
Mission
EMBASSY
ABU DHABI
UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES
SOUTH
AFRICAN
CONSULATEGENERAL
DUBAI
UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES
Events/Activities
Co-ordinate with Dubai
Date
Pavilion at Dubai Shopping Festival: 15 January to 15 February 2004
Branding with 10-Years of Freedom logo. The focus of the activities will be trade and investment, tourism, and arts and culture. South African
companies are expected to participate in the respective areas.
Jan/
Feb 2004
Media Strategy: 30 March to 27 April 2004
The Mission’s media strategy will be initiated on 30 March as a run-up to Freedom Day. It will be directed at imaging and branding South Africa
as well as creating greater awareness of our country
Mar / Apr
2004
South Africa Week: 19 to 26 April 2004
To involve the promotion of South African cuisine. Hotels and major supermarkets will be involved.
Freedom Day: 27 April 2004
Performance by traditional Zulu dancers – not confirmed
Co-ordinating with Abu Dhabi
South African Wine, Cuisine and Music Promotion Function: 22 April 2004.
Promotion South African wine, cuisine and music not only in Dubai but also to replicate this function in Abu Dhabi
South African Tourism Focus week: 4 – 7 May 2004
South African participation at Arab Travel Market
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
AMMAN
JORDAN
SOUTH
AFRICAN
South African Event
In co-ordination with Jeddah and Riyadh
Promotional Week: 20 to 25 April 2004
Performance by “Madabukelwa”, a Zulu traditional Dance troupe organised by the Provincial Department of Arts and Culture in Mpumalanga.
Seminar on TRC: 24 March 2004
Title: Majority-Minority relations: The Experiences of South Africa and Israel
May 2004
Apr 2004
Mar 2004
19
Region
Mission
EMBASSY
TEL AVIV
ISRAEL
SOUTH
AFRICAN
REPRESENTA
TIVE OFFICE
RAMALLAH
PALESTINIAN
NATIONAL
AUTHORITY
Events/Activities
South African participants:
Dr Mongezi Guma: Chairperson, South African Commission of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities
Mrs Marlene Bethlehem: Deputy Chairperson, South African Commission of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities
Mr Kevin Wakeford: Former CEO of South African Chamber of Business and currently Managing Director of Africa Growth
Mr Ntsikelelo Joseph Sandi: Advocate of the Supreme Court and former member of the TRC Amnesty Committee
Date
Freedom Day Reception: 3 May 2004
Possible performance by South African cultural group to perform
Seminar/workshop
South African experience with reference to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict
May 2004
Seminar/lecture tour
South African public figure to visit Palestinian Universities
Cultural event/performance
By South African artists
South African film festival
AMERICA &
CANADA
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
WASHINGTON
SOUTH
AFRICAN
CONSULATEGENERAL
NEW YORK
SOUTH
AFRICAN
PERMANENT
Freedom Day Celebration
Theme: 10-Years of Freedom
Contact visit to Atlanta by Ambassador: 15 to 18 January 2004
Series of business civic, academic and church engagements for the South African Ambassador launching the 10-Years of Freedom Celebration
Academy Awards Ceremony: February 2004
Los Angeles
Participation and performance by South African artists
Jan 2004
Feb 2003
Oprah Winfrey Show: February 2004
Chicago
Tribute to South Africa – interview with South African leaders
Oprah Book Club to focus on South African writers
Highlights of Oprah’s South African projects
National Geographic International Film Night: 16 April 2004
Apr / May
20
Region
Mission
MISSION TO
THE UNITED
NATIONS
NEW YORK
SOUTH
AFRICAN
CONSULATEGENERAL
CHICAGO
SOUTH
AFRICAN
CONSULATEGENERAL
LOS ANGELES
UNITED
STATES OF
AMERICA
Events/Activities
Washington
Showcasing South African short and/or feature films together with film producers
Possible live South African music
Food Festival: 26 April to 7 May 2004
United Nations, New York
South African Theme in restaurant, daily South African table, commemorative wine labels
Freedom Day Celebrations / AAI Forum: 27 April 2004
Washington
Performance by Morris Goldberg (based in New York)
1000 guests
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival: 23 April to 2 May 2004
New Orleans
Department of Arts and Culture
Combination of musicians, artists, business exhibitors and crafters
Participation of South African musicians and crafters; South African “village”; Web-page on South Africa on the Festival web site; South Africa
features on 500,000 brochures distributed; South African studies at selected schools leading up to the Festival; Student exchanges; internships
Performing artists: Hugh Masekela and Friends (together with Vusi Mahlasela, Busi Mhlongo, Jabu Khanyile & band); Lucky Dube; Johnny Clegg;
Jonathan Butler; Rebecca Malope; Selaelo Selota; Bongo Muffin; God’s Followers of Ladysmith; Pride of Zulu of Durban; Gumboot Dancers of
Durban and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Performing crafters and artisans:
Western Cape - Nombuyiselo Malawana (recycled tins); Xoliswa Andeas, (Wola Nani, paper maché bowls decorated with commercial labels); Wilbert
Dube (Wire & Bead) and Sharon Overmeyer (Hudhinda, potato-printed textiles)
Kwazulu-Natal - Dladla Nombuso (beadwork) and Fikile Twala, (plates)
Other regions - Emily Marema, IFA, Limpopo (Beadwork & sewing); Nozimasile Makhubalo, Keiskamma Art project, EC (embroideries); Ester and
Elias Mahlangu, Mpumalanga (Ndebele Muralists); Matseliso lerato, Lithoten Weavers, Free State (Basotho weaving); Peggy Lekone, Mmabana,
NW, (silk screening); Robert Maquashela, Gauteng (muralist) and Nomunde Madlalisa, Masizane, Eastern Cape (basket weaver/Xhosa traditional
fashion)
Photo exhibit: “The Ndebele People” by Peter Magubane
Kennedy Centre Gala Event: 16 May 2004
Washington DC
Venue: Concert Hall
Date
2004
21
Region
Mission
Events/Activities
High profile
To be attended by President Mbeki and other South African leaders
Performance by Hugh Masekela & Friends (Hugh Masekela, Vusi Mahlasela, Busi Mhlongo, Jabu Khanyile) together with Moving Into Dance
Mophatong
Moving Into Dance Mophatong (Contemporary Dance Troupe from Johannesburg): 15 – 22 May 2004
Days leading to the Gala event, Hugh Masekela & Friends are to give individual performances at various venues (still to be confirmed)
The Embassy is in the process of arranging a separate programme for Moving Into Dance Mophatong for the week after the Kennedy Center Gala
event at various venues/institutions (final programme still to be confirmed).
Date
Memphis in May Festival: May 2004
Memphis, Tennessee
Performance by Johnny Clegg; Dora Sithole (culinary festival); Johannesburg Art Gallery (contemporary art exhibition); Performance by Khumba
House (based in Houston); Drum Café (based in Los Angeles); Performance by the Soweto String Quartet and Alf Khumalo (photographic exhibition)
Youth Day events: 16 June 2004
Washington
Academic orientated youth programme between DC and South African youth focussing on Science and Technology
Conference on the African Diaspora in the Caribbean: 4 August 2004
Theme: “Unity of Africans in Africa and the Diaspora for a Better World”
Regional with Kingston and Havana
Department of Arts and Culture
Jun 2004
Aug 2004
Sep 2004
Business Summit at United Nations: September 2004
United Nations, New York
Conference/seminar
To focus on business/investment opportunities in South Africa.
The Council on Foreign Relations is prepared to facilitate a major Business Summit that will be addressed by the President and various
Ministers
59th Session of the UN General Assembly: 28 September to 8 October 2004
United Nations, New York
South African President to host a Reception
Travelling Exhibition
Sep/Oct 2004
22
Region
Mission
SOUTH
AFRICAN HIGH
COMMISSION
OTTAWA
CANADA
Events/Activities
Art and artifacts, called "Freedom to Freedom", depicting major developments in South African history, will start in South Africa (March 2004), move to
Canada (Sep 2004) and later to the USA (dates to be confirmed). This flagship project in celebration of South Africa's tenth anniversary of
democracy is a joint venture between South Africa and Canada.
Ottawa Jazz Festival: 23 February 2004
Performance by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Date
Human Rights Activities: 19 – 23 March 2004
Keynote Speaker: Mr Tom Manthata, Commissioner of the South African Human Rights Commission
Mar 2004
Freedom Day Celebrations: 20 - 30 April 2004
Performance by Ihash’ilimhlope
Apr 2004
Feb 2004
Documentary
In collaboration with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation planning to broadcast a five hour documentary focussing on development in South
Africa during the ten years of democracy. Diverse topics such as art, culture, ubuntu, African Renaissance etc will be addressed.
Youth Day: 16 June 2004
Exhibition of handicrafts
Tea party by Consulate-General
Performance by Polokoane Choir
Youth Speaker from South Africa
Travelling exhibition
Art and artifacts, called "Freedom to Freedom", depicting major developments in South African history, will start in South Africa (March 2004),
move to Canada (Sep 2004) and later to the USA (dates to be confirmed). This flagship project in celebration of South Africa's tenth
anniversary of democracy is a joint venture between South Africa and Canada.
LATIN
AMERICA &
SOUTH
AFRICAN
CONSULATEGENERAL
TORONTO
CANADA
SOUTH
AFRICAN
Seminar: Human Rights and Democracy: 20/21 March 2004
(REGIONAL: KINGSTON; HAVANA, BUENOS AIRES AND MONTEVIDEO)
Jun
2004
Sep 2004
Mar 2004
23
Region
CARIBBEAN
Mission
EMBASSY
BUENOS
AIRES
ARGENTINA
Events/Activities
Theme: “Human Rights on the road to and in Democracy: The South African Experience”
Guest Speaker: Father Michael Lapsey
Date
Presentation on NEPAD and Investment and Trade Opportunities in Africa
Invitation to senior officials from the NEPAD Secretariat to present opportunities available in African economies for trade and investment
especially in the context of NEPAD
Seminar on Investment and Trade Opportunities in South Africa
Invitation to senior officials from Trade and Investment South Africa (TISA) to present a one-day seminar on Investment and trade opportunities
in South Africa in specific sectors.
Request for presence of a representative of the President’s International Investment Council
Film
Screening of popular South African films at one of the cultural centres in Buenos Aires
Freedom Day Functions: 26 and 27 April 2004
Concert in Buenos Aires: 26/27 April 2004
Apr / May
2004
Concert in Montevideo: 28/29 April 2004
Additional Programme: 26 April – 2 May 2004
Performance by Gloria Bosman: 26 – 28 April 2004
(Regional performances in Santiago; Buenos Aires, Lima, Caracas and Brasilia): Assistance by the Department of Arts and Culture
Tourism Seminar on South Africa
Public lecture by Head of Mission
National University of Cordoba and Universidad del Litoral in Santa Fe – inviting South African academic(s)university principal (s)
Exhibition
South African arts, handicrafts, paintings, films and performances in city of Cordoba – in close co-operation with African Diaspora
Workshop/Lecture/Series: Women and Democracy: 9 August 2004
(REGIONAL: KINGSTON; HAVANA; BUENOS AIRES AND MONTEVIDEO)
Aug 2004
24
Region
Mission
Events/Activities
Theme: “Gender Equality a sine qua non for Democracy and a Better World”
Guest speakers: Judge Albie Sachs and Dr Brigalia Bam
Visit of South African Craft makers: 19 – 26 September 2004
Alternative dates: 12 – 19 September 2004 or 26 September to 3 October: coincide with Heritage Day
Beadwork, wirework, pottery and clay, basketwork, etc
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
MONTEVIDEO
URUGUAY
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
BRASILIA
SOUTH
AFRICAN
CONSULATEGENERAL
SAO PAULO
BRAZIL
Carnivals: February 2004
South African participation in three major cities, viz.: Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador
Musical performances: May 2004
Performance by Gloria Bosman: 08 to 10 May 2004
(Regional performances in Santiago; Buenos Aires, Lima, Caracas and Brasilia): Assistance by the Department of Arts and Culture
Brazilian TV journalists to visit South Africa
Airing product during celebrations
Seminar on Trade and Investment.
Sao Paulo
Trade and investment, agriculture, including the ARC, mineral and energy including all related institutions and science and technology to be led by the
respective South African Ministers.
Seminar and Exhibition on Science and Technology
Sao Paulo
Theme: South African innovations in the areas of Science and Technology
Speakers: To invite leading academics to provide insight in the advances made by South Africa in the areas of Science and Technology.
Seminar on NEPAD/AU
Sao Paulo and Brasilia
To invite speakers from South Africa (or other African countries) and Brazil.
Date
Sep / Oct
2004
Feb 2004
May 2004
25
Region
Mission
Events/Activities
Collaboration with Forum Africa, an Afro-Brazilian organisation, to deal with the theme of NEPAD/AU and South Africa's role since the inception of its
democracy in 1994.
Date
Seminars on Human Rights and Poverty Eradication
In various Brazilian centres
To create linkages and partnerships between South Africa and Brazil in achieving both the respect for human rights and poverty eradication and to
celebrate South Africa's successes in these fields during the ten years of her democracy.
To be conducted at Ministerial level.
Exhibition/Photographic Exhibition
To launch a photographic gallery of contrasts of South Africa past & present, as well as an exhibition of South Africa Art to reflect change and
transformation including milestones of achievements. The project is intended to be mobile and thus to be taken to as many states around Brazil as is
possible throughout the year.
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
SANTIAGO
CHILE
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
HAVANA
CUBA
South Africa vs. Brazil Soccer Match / Musical Event
Rio de Janeiro
To celebrate the South American support for South Africa's 2010 bid
To be accompanied by a major musical featuring prominent South African artistes
Freedom Day Celebrations: 26 – 28 April 2004
Performance by Gloria Bosman: 22 – 26 April 2004
(Regional performances in Santiago; Buenos Aires, Lima, Caracas and Brasilia): Assistance by the Department of Arts and Culture
April 2004
Sep/Oct 2004
Art Exhibition: September – October 2004
Showcasing South African arts, crafts and paintings
OFFICIAL LAUNCH CELEBRATIONS TO KICKSTART EVENTS FOR THE YEAR
Press Conference and Public Meeting: November 2003
Nov 2003
Cultural Exhibition: 04 February 2004
Feb 2004
Sports and cultural Activities: 21 February 2004
SHOWCASING SOUTH AFRICAS ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE TEN YEARS OF DEMOCRACY
Human Rights Fun Walk: 21 March 2004
Mar 2004
26
Region
Mission
Events/Activities
Date
Seminar: Human Rights and Democracy: 20/21 March 2004
(REGIONAL: KINGSTON; HAVANA, BUENOS AIRES AND MONTEVIDEO)
Theme: “Human Rights on the road to and in Democracy: The South African Experience”
Guest Speaker: Father Michael Lapsey
CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF FREEDOM
Cultural Evening: 17 April 2004
Cultural activities (music, dance, poetry)
Apr 2004
Freedom Week: 17 to 24 April 2004
Cultural activities/workshop culminating in day long, political & cultural activities on April 24
Freedom Day Media Drive: 8-10 May 2004
To popularise the ten years of democracy South Africa’s successes
Television and radio talk shows, articles in Spanish and English
Performance by South African cultural groups and students
Commemorate the inauguration of the first Black President of South Africa: 10 May 2004
Seminar/cultural activity
South Africa Month: April 2004
Videos, media drive, Political-cultural events
PROMOTING AU/NEPAD WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
Seminar: Africa and the African Century: 25 May 2004
(REGIONAL: KINGSTON AND HAVANA)
Theme: “A Better Africa United for a Better World”
Possible speakers: AU and NEPAD Secretariat, Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Africa Desk DDG and Academics
Africa Day: “Consurco de conocimientos”: 20 – 24 May 2004
ACKNOWLEDGING THE VALUE AND THE ROLE OF THE YOUTH DURING THE STRUGGLE
May 2004
27
Region
Mission
Events/Activities
Date
Youth Month: June 2004
Use radio and TV stations
Jun 2004
Seminar/Workshop: Youth and Development: 16 June 2004
(REGIONAL: KINGSTON AND HAVANA)
Theme: “The Youth united for Development and a Better World”
Possible speakers: Youth Commission, Youth Council, Young Members of Parliament and Youth Organisations
Youth Day Celebration: 16 June 2004
“Youth as leaders of tomorrow”
Fashion Show
Cultural Performances
CELEBRATING FORMER PRESIDENT MANDELA’S BIRTHDAY
Mandela’s Birthday: 17 – 18 July 2004
Jul 2004
Fiesta Bash: 18 July 2004
Farewell Function for Fifth years students: 18 July 2004
SEARCHING FOR WAYS TO UNITE AFRICANS IN AFRICA AND THE DIASPORA AND TO FIND SOLUTIONS FOR THE PROBLEMS
WITH WHICH THEY ARE FACED
Conference on the African Diaspora in the Caribbean: 4 August 2004
(REGIONAL: KINGSTON; HAVANA; DFA; DAC AND MISSIONS IN THE US)
Theme: “Unity of Africans in Africa and the Diaspora for a Better World”
ACKNOWLEDGING WOMEN’S ROLE IN THE STRUGGLE AND THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF SOUTH AFRICA ON GENDER EQUALITY
Workshop/Lecture/Series: Women and Democracy: 9 August 2004
(REGIONAL: KINGSTON; HAVANA; BUENOS AIRES AND MONTEVIDEO)
Theme: “Gender Equality a sine qua non for Democracy and a Better World”
Guest speakers: Judge Albie Sachs and Dr Brigalia Bam
Aug 2004
28
Region
Mission
Events/Activities
Date
PROMOTING CUBAN / SOUTH A FRICAN CULTURE
Heritage Day: 20 to 25 September 2004
Workshops/Seminars
Cultural Performances, South African artists to be supported by Cuban artists
Sep 2004
Heritage Week: 20 to 24 September 2004
Culture Day and participation in the proposed Mandela Cup
RECONNECTING AND FORGING CULTURAL COLLABORATION
African Mobile Village: September to October 2004
(REGIONAL: KINGSTON AND HAVANA)
Exhibitions/workshops/musical performances, joint carnival
Sep / Oct
2004
PROMOTING INVESTMENT AND TRADE IN SOUTH AFRICA – SOUTH AFRICAN CARIBBEAN REGULAR FLIGHT
SAA Flight to the Caribbean: South Africa – Cuba – Trinidad and Tobago (Johannesburg – Havana – Puerto Espana International
Airports): November to December 2004
(REGIONAL: KINGSTON AND HAVANA)
Trade and Investment Conference by DTI: 31 October to 7 December 2004
Link event to Havana International Fair (FIHAV2004): 30 October to 5 December 2004
INTRODUCING A DIVERSE GROUP OF SOUTH AFRICANS TO THE CARIBBEANS FOR THEM TO EXPLORE POSSIBILITES FOR
FUTURE COLLABORATION
South Africa – Caribbean (SACARIB) Goodwill Flight:: 6 – 12 December 2004
(REGIONAL: HAVANA AND KINGSTON)
Workshops
Cultural and musical performances by South African groups, visit to historical places, meeting with President Fidel Castro, art exhibition, golf
solidarity matches
CONTINUING TO MOBILISE SUPPORT FOR THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN, AND TO RAISE AWARENESS
Dec 2004
29
Region
Mission
Events/Activities
REGARDING HIV/AIDS
Date
Campaign against Violence against Women and Children: 25 November 2004
Seminar and Workshop: 27 November 2004
United Nations Children’s Day
World Aids Day: 1 December 2004
PAYING TRIBUTE TO SOUTH AFRICAN FALLEN HEROES AND TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR THEIR ROLE IN THE
LIBERATION OF SOUTH AFRICA
Reconciliation Day: 16 December 2004
Thanksgiving ceremony/Dinner
CLOSURE OF 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS, WELCOMING THE NEW YEAR
Festival/Celebrations: 31 December to 1 January 2005
Sport/Culture and Entertainment
SOUTH
AFRICAN HIGH
COMMISSION
KINGSTON
JAMAICA
Haiti Bicentennial Celebration
Emphasis on the Joint South Africa / Haiti Commission and Presidential Visit
Jan 2004
Seminar: Human Rights and Democracy: 20/21 March 2004
(REGIONAL: KINGSTON; HAVANA, BUENOS AIRES AND MONTEVIDEO)
Theme: “Human Rights on the road to and in Democracy: The South African Experience”
Guest Speaker: Father Michael Lapsey
Mar 2004
Freedom Day: 27 April 2004
Cultural performances: 27 April to 15 May 2004
Group: Jazz Africa
Orator: Mr Don Mettera
Poets: Ms Lebo Mashile and Mr Maakomele Manaka
Apr 2004
30
Region
Mission
Events/Activities
Date
Seminar: Africa and the African Century: 25 May 2004
REGIONAL: KINGSTON AND HAVANA)
Theme: “A Better Africa United for a Better World”
Possible speakers: AU and NEPAD Secretariat, Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Africa Desk DDG and Academics
May 2004
Seminar/Workshop: Youth and Development: 16 June 2004
(REGIONAL: KINGSTON AND HAVANA)
Theme: “The Youth united for Development and a Better World”
Possible speakers: Youth Commission, Youth Council, Young Members of Parliament and Youth Organisations
June 2004
Workshop/Lecture/Series: Women and Democracy: 9 August 2004
(REGIONAL: KINGSTON; HAVANA; BUENOS AIRES AND MONTEVIDEO)
Theme: “Gender Equality a sine qua non for Democracy and a Better World”
Guest speakers: Judge Albie Sachs and Dr Brigalia Bam
Aug 2004
Conference on the African Diaspora in the Caribbean: 4 August 2004
REGIONAL: KINGSTON; HAVANA; DFA; DAC AND MISSIONS IN THE US)
Theme: “Unity of Africans in Africa and the Diaspora for a Better World”
SOUTH
AFRICAN
African Mobile Village: September to October 2004
(REGIONAL: KINGSTON AND HAVANA)
Exhibitions/workshops/musical performances, joint carnival
Sep / Oct
2004
South Africa – Caribbean (SACARIB) Goodwill Flight:: 6 – 12 December 2004
(REGIONAL: HAVANA AND KINGSTON)
Bilaterals, workshops
Cultural and musical performances by South African groups, visit to historical places, meeting with President Fidel Castro, art exhibition, golf
solidarity matches
Dec 2004
SAA Flight to the Caribbean: South Africa – Cuba – Trinidad and Tobago (Johannesburg – Havana – Puerto Espana International
Airports): November to December 2004
(REGIONAL: KINGSTON AND HAVANA)
South Africa Week and South African Food and Cultural Festival: 27 April 2004
Exchange between Mexican Chefs and South African counterparts
Apr 2004
31
Region
Mission
EMBASSY
MEXICO CITY
MEXICO
Events/Activities
Tourism promotion
Film and documentary screenings
Performance by a music/dance group
Date
Cervantino Festival: October 2004
South Africa to feature as the special guest country
Oct 2004
Painting of Wall in Metro Station
The Mexican Metro Company has requested the Embassy to assist in providing a South African artist to paint a wall in one of the major metro stations
in Mexico City.
Seminars and conferences
Participation by high-ranking government officials and other experts from South Africa to participate in seminars and conferences arranged through or
in conjunction with the universities. The African Renaissance and NEPAD will be obvious topics of discussion. Possibilities in this regard are the
following visits: Minister Fraser-Moleketi's visit to Merida in December 2003, the South African experience in revamping the civil service; Pravin
Gordhan's visit to Mexico City in November 2003, South Africa's tax system as an example to Mexico and the Deputy Minister of Health to Mexico
City re the Private Health Schemes in Mexico as possible example to use in South Africa.
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
LIMA
PERU
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
CARACAS
VENEZUELA
Fundraiser Dinner / Gala
The Ambassador has been in contact with the Nelson Mandela Foundation in South Africa to discuss the possibility of organising a big fundraiser
dinner/gala in Mexico City in 2004. The fundraiser will coincide with the unveiling of a statue of Mr Mandela made by a South African artist. The
proceeds will be divided between the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund as well as Mexican Charitable organisations. The Mayor of Mexico City will be
a major role-player as well as major companies in Mexico, which will be contacted for sponsorship to realise this project. This project will be the
culminating event in celebrating the 10 years of democracy in South Africa.
Freedom Day Celebration
Performance by Gloria Bosman: 28 April to 02 May 2004
(Regional performances in Santiago; Buenos Aires, Lima, Caracas and Brasilia): Assistance by the Department of Arts and Culture
Exhibits
South African artists, crafters and chefs showcasing complete items and presentations on South African Arts, cultures and dishes
Freedom Day Celebration
Performance by Gloria Bosman: 02 to 07 May 2004
(Regional performances in Santiago; Buenos Aires, Lima, Caracas and Brasilia): Assistance by the Department of Arts and Culture
Nov / Dec
2004
Apr 2004
Apr 2004
32
Region
WESTERN
EUROPE
Mission
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
ATHENS
GREECE
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
BERLIN
GERMANY
Events/Activities
Freedom Day Function: 5 May
Date
May 2004
3rd African Food and Handicrafts Festival: Athens: 8 - 9 May
Cultural group performance: 5 – 9 May
Department of Arts and Culture assisting with Marimba Group
(also to perform in Bulgaria and Turkey)
South Africa Promotion: 3 – 20 March 2004
Kaufhof Department Store: Nation-wide promotion of South African products.
Launch: 27 February 2004
Freedom Day: 27 April 2004
Performance by Mado Jazz
Department of Arts and Culture
Mar 2004
Apr 2004
Seminar – Imaging and Branding ‘Changing Perceptions’ (date to be confirmed)
Topics: black economic empowerment, the new labour regulations, capital gains tax, crime and the Minerals and Energy legislation.
Review of the 2002 South Africa / German Conference on Higher Education
(The date for this event as well as the theme, are being discussed with the South African University vice-chancellor’s Association)
This conference will aim at evaluating progress made since the 2002 South Africa/German Conference on Higher Education held in Berlin in 2002 as
well as challenges faced by higher education institutions in South Africa.
Seminar in Celebration of Achievements of South African Women: June 2004
The Embassy will host a Gender conference in South Africa as a follow-up to the South African / German Women in Dialogue hosted by the
Embassy in April 2002. The delegation from Germany will consist of Members of Parliament, business, NGOs, Academics, Journalists and other civil
organisations active in the gender field. The German delegates are expected to share experiences and exchange views with their South African
counterparts.
South Africa Youth Exchange: October 2004
The Embassy intends to invite a child from each of South Africa's nine provinces. These would be children born in 1994, who would be turning 10
years in 2004. The aim of bringing these children to Germany would symbolise our ten years of democracy. During their stay in Berlin, they will visit
schools and share their experiences of democracy with their German counterparts.
South Africa Weeks
Jun 2004
Oct 2004
33
Region
Mission
SOUTH
AFRICAN
CONSULATEGENERAL
MUNICH
GERMANY
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
BERNE
SOUTH
AFRICAN
PERMANENT
MISSION TO
THE UNITED
NATIONS AND
OTHER
INTERNATION
AL
ORGANISATIO
NS
GENEVA
Events/Activities
South Africa Weeks are held from time to time in order to promote consciousness of South Africa. These weeks are an excellent means of promoting
South African products and the country itself as an investment and tourist destination. Much of the expenses incurred in this respect are borne by
participating businesses and sponsors.
The Mission’s activities will coincide with those planned by Berlin for 2004 and the activities planned for 2003 will be a build-up to 2004.
Date
South Africa Promotion: 3 – 20 March 2004
Kaufhof Department Store: Nation-wide promotion of South African products.
Mar 2004
Tourism Fair:
Discussing possibility with South African Tourism to participate in the “CMT” tourism Fair.
Freedom Day: April 2004
Exhibition (Wire Art Project): The mission is co-operating with local South African and German artists as well as the Volkekunde Museum to
launch a unique wire art project. The wiring system of the Consul General’s Residence is being refurbished and the tons of redundant old
copper wire are being donated to the project "consortium". The Consulate General is planning to develop a "walk-through" wire art exhibition
where South African artists and crafts people will cooperate with their German counterparts to create panels of wire art. The idea is to launch
the project during the 2004 national day function in Munich after which the project will be taken to other German cities. This project will rely on
sponsorships.
Media (Awareness Campaign): All year
A high-level awareness Campaign '10 Years New South Africa' will be held from January to April.
Apr 2004
Launching Campaign 10 Years New South Africa: January 2004
Jan 2004
Consumer Travel Fair: 15 – 18 January 2004
Bern
South Africa is guest country. All 9 provinces invited to participate
World Economic Forum: 20 – 25 January2004
Davos
South African Cultural Evening
Credit Suisse International Show Jumping: 29 January – 1 February 2004
This is an annual event that draws an international community of horse show jumpers
South African performing artists during cultural part of the show
Jan / Feb2004
34
Region
Mission
SWITZERLAND
Events/Activities
Prix de Lausanne Dance Festival
For young classical ballet dancers
Exposure to young talented South Africans
Date
African Footprints
Possible tour of Switzerland
Visual Arts, Photographic and Media Exhibition at Palais des Nations: March 2004
Geneva
2 weeks showing images of South Africa’s transition from Apartheid to the present as well as the role of the UN in the fight for human rights in
SOUTH AFRICA.
Mar 2004
Music Project by South African and Swiss Musicians
To celebrate human rights
CULLI JAZZ Festival
Lausanne
Invitation to SOUTH AFRICAN jazz players to participate
Freedom Day: April 2004
Politforum Käfigturm Exhibition
Bern
Public and annual photo and visual exhibition which will last for 3 months and is patronised by high level politicians, academics, students and
members of the diplomatic corps and business people
South African will be the theme and the exhibition will include most of what will be shown in March at Palais des Nations.
Cultural Performance by “Ushaka” – African Oratorio by Mzilikazi Khumalo
Department of Arts and Culture
Nyon Film Festival
Annual Swiss festival of documentary films by young producers. Opportunity to expose South African young and upcoming filmmakers
Start of 4 Golf Tournaments
To raise money for South African NGOs working in social development projects
Apr 2004
35
Region
Mission
Events/Activities
Date
Africa Day: May 2004
To celebrate the new South Africa with members of the African Diaspora in Switzerland
To be organised in partnership with other African Embassies and to focus on the history of the OAU, its role in the demise of Apartheid and the
development of the AU and NEPAD and the potential for uniting and advancing the continent.
May 2004
Youth Month: June 2004
To be dedicated to young people in South Africa and Switzerland. This will be the most lively month and will include some of the following
activities in French, German and Italian Cantons:
DJ’s from South African and Switzerland (with Pro Helvetia and SDC)
Media / Photo Exhibition / Radio Presentation
Festi Neuch (28 June) – 3rd day of Festival dedicated to South African music
Fashion shows by young designers from South Africa
South Africa Music Day in Zurich
Radio Zurich to promote gospel music from South Africa
Afro Pentacost Festival of African Music
Jun 2004
Swiss Festival Month: July 2004
Performance by South African artists. The most famous of these is the Montreaux Jazz Festival. Others include festivals in Nyon, Gurten,
Lugano, Gstaad and Lucerne.
Jul 2004
Bernese Dance Festival (international) Modern Dance
This event will also offer us an opportunity to expose the talent in South Africa in this performing arts discipline
Women’s Day and Women’s Month: August 2004
Dedicated to female artists to celebrate the progress made in promoting gender equality in politics, the arts, business, education and other
fields such as IT etc.
Aug 2004
Heritage Day and Month: September 2004
A number of events depicting the richness of South Africa’s cultural heritage
Programme not finalised, some themes will include the following:
Story Telling
South Africa’s diverse languages
Traditional Dance and Music groups
Exhibitions of South Africa’s ethnological collections
Sep 2004
36
Region
Mission
Events/Activities
Exhibitions of furniture, pottery, sculptures and others
Literature and Poetry readings
Contemporary Dance organised by Pro Helvetia
Date
Focus on Bern: October 2004
Oct 2004
Multidisciplinary Arts Festival
Schlachthaus and Dampfzentrale, Bern
Showcasing the best of South African dance
Art Exhibition
Basel and Bern
Arranged by South African and Swiss curators who are part of a group of curators working on a project to develop curator skills in South Africa.
Soccer Month: November 2004
Match between the 2 national teams (South Africa and Switzerland) to the 2010 bid campaign, noting that FIFA is based in Switzerland and
capitalising on the support that Europe has for South Africa
Nov 2004
Reconciliation: December 2004
Dec 2004
Thanksgiving Day
An Award Giving Dinner ceremony promoting continued collaboration and embracing new beginnings for all those who have relentlessly
supported South Africa and the embassy in Switzerland. To include Anti Apartheid activists
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
BRUSSELS
BELGIUM
SIRKONA Circus
A Swiss trained circus group from Mpumalanga
International Day Exhibition: 28 March 2004
Venue: Conference Centre of the Provincial Domain of Wachtebeke
Showcasing South African Products: 22 April- 28 May 2004
Venue: 313 Delhaize Supermarkets
African Film Festival: 23 April-08 May 2004
Venue: Leuven
Mar 2004
Apr / May
2004
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Mission
Events/Activities
Manneken Pis dressed as former President Mandela: 27 April 2004
Venue: Brussels City Hall/Grand Place
Date
Freedom Day Reception: 27 April 2004
Venue: Autoworld
Food Festival: 27April-04 May 2004
Venue: Autoworld/ Upignac Restaurants
Promotion of Cultural Industries: 27 April-02 May 2004
Venue: Autoworld
Tourism Promotion: 27 April-02 May 2004
Venue: Autoworld
I&J Seafood Fair and Promotion: 04 May 2004
Venue: Royal Museum of Arts and Culture
Cultural Performance by “Ushaka” – African Oratorio by Mzilikazi Khumalo: 22 May 2004
Venue: Brussels, Antwerp and Charleroi
Honorary Doctorate: Former President Mandela: 28 May 2004
Venue: University of Antwerp
(To be conferred in South Africa)
High Diamond Council Gala Dinner: November 2004
President Mbeki’s visit to Belgium and the EU
NEPAD Seminar/ Conference: November 2004
Venue: International Diamond Jewellery Management Institute
South Africa - EU Inter-Parliamentary Meeting and Cocktail: November ’04
Venue: EU Parliament
Ambassador’s Residence
Nov 2004
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Region
Mission
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
LONDON
UNITED
KINGDOM OF
GREAT
BRITIAN
Events/Activities
South Africa - EU Summit and Reception: November ’04
Venue: EU Parliament
Ambassador’s Residence
Icams Event: 1 March 2004
Date
Mar 2004
“Letters Home” Writers Festival: 5 – 6 March 2004
International Women’s Day: 5 – 6 March 2004
Human Rights Day Seminar: 24 March 2004
Freedom Day Reception, Concert and Thanksgiving Services Throughout the UK: 17, 25 and 29 April 2004
Apr 2004
The Phelophera Health Train Fundraiser: 10 May 2004
The Finest African Arts and Crafts: 25 May 2004
May 2004
Youth Day Seminar: 17 June 2004
“Writings from Home” Writers Festival: 16 June 2004
Jun 2004
City of London Festival: 26 June to 13 July 2004
War Graves Commission Project: July 2004
Jul 2004
Miners Cultural Group and Band Visit – The Durham Miners Gala: 10 July 2004
South African Concert at the Leeds Youth Festival: June/July 2004
Celebrate SOUTH AFRICAN Women’s Day: 12 August 2004
Edinburgh Festival
South Africa to participate
People’s Concert featuring a Galaxy of Stars from South Africa, the UK and the USA: September 2004
Aug 2004
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Region
Mission
Events/Activities
Black History Month: October 2004
Writings from the Last Ten Years – Literature Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland: October 2004
South Africa through the Lens: Photographic Exhibition in Glasgow: October 2004
Date
Sep 2004
Oct 2004
Conference of South African and UK Vice Chancellors: 25 – 26 October 2004
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
DUBLIN
IRELAND
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
MADRID
SPAIN
10 Years Olds: The Children who don’t know Apartheid: December 2004
National Day Celebrations: 27 April 2004
National Concert Hall
Performance by group “Busk Aid Soweto String Ensemble”
Dec 2004
Apr 2004
FIFTUR Tourism Fair: January 2004
South African Tour Operators and Provincial Premiers to participate
Jan 2004
Promotion (Culinary Week): February 2004
Food and chefs from South Africa and associated cultural events. Spanish and South Africa Tourism interests will sponsor the event.
Feb 2004
Cultural and Tourism Exhibition: March 2004
Canary Islands: to showcase South Africa as a tourism and investment destination
Freedom Day Reception: First week in May 2004
A Minister/Deputy Minister to be the guest speaker
Musical/cultural group from South Africa to perform
High quality commemorative publication in Spanish
Mar 2004
May 2004
Cultural Performance by “Ushaka” – African Oratorio by Mzilikazi Khumalo
Africa Day: 25 May 2004
Performance by South African Cultural Group
Forum Barcelona 2004: 9 May - 26 September 2004
The organisers of the Dialogue Series made the AU/NEPAD one of the central themes. South African luminaries to be invited to speak.
Sep 2004
40
Region
Mission
Events/Activities
Date
Women’s Day Event: June 2004
Involving Mrs Adelaide Tambo and other relevant speakers
Jun 2004
Photographic Exhibition: August 2004
(COLLABORATION WITH MISSION IN PARIS)
Possible photographic exhibition: David Goldblatt’s exhibition “SOUTH AFRICA before and after Apartheid”
Aug 2004
Heritage Day: 24 September 2004
Performance by SOUTH AFRICAN musical/cultural group
Sep 2004
Visit by Minister of Foreign Affairs to Spain: October 2004
NEPAD Conference
Possible arrangement by prestigious think-tank, the real Elcano Institute
Oct 2004
Travelling Exhibition (Ubuntu Village)
Travelling exhibiting of South African Culture
Temporary South African art exhibition
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
Showcasing South African art and celebrating 10 years of democracy in South Africa. It is envisaged that the SOUTH AFRICAN Minister of
Arts, Culture, Science and Technology will open the exhibition.
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
PARIS
FRANCE
South African Month
Possibility of running concurrently in all stores of the most prestigious department store chain in Spain, "El Corte Ingles", where South African
products (food stuffs, wine, clothing, etc.) will be showcased.
Films
Screening of anti-apartheid and relevant contemporary documentary films
Commemorative publication in French
Free State Youth Orchestra: Beginning of April 2004
Paris Conservatory
Possibility of second evening performance, within the ambit of the Embassy’s celebratory events
April 2004
41
Region
Mission
Events/Activities
Wine tasting events: Run up to 27 April 2004
Throughout various centres
Date
Seminar: Week preceding 27 April 2004
Prominent South African and French guest speakers in Paris.
Theme: “Struggle for liberation, the transition to democracy, and the challenges of building a free, democratic, non-racist, non-sexist and
prosperous South Africa”
To emphasise the importance of South African - French relations in these processes.
Freedom Day Reception: 26 April 2004
Hall 1, UNESCO
Performance the Mahotella Queens
The Mighty Zulu Nation: Mid-April 2004
Theatre Performance
Investigating the possibility of performing in Paris
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
ROME
ITALY
Africa Day Event: 25 May 2004
Collaboration with UNESCO
Possibility of a performance by the Soweto String Quartet and Johnny Clegg on 25 and 25 May 2004
May 2004
Special focus at the Cannes 2004 Film Festival
Aug 2004
Photographic Exhibition: August 2004
(COLLABORATION WITH MISSION IN MADRID)
Possible photographic exhibition: David Goldblatt’s exhibition “SOUTH AFRICA before and after Apartheid”
Exhibition in National Assembly to coincide with President Mbeki’s visit to France
Exhibition in various centres also outside Paris
African Footprint – Sistina Theatre, Rome: Jan to Feb 2004
Jan /Feb 2004
UN Cities against Poverty Conference: 28 March to 1 April 2004
The Lord Mayors of Johannesburg and Durban have been invited to attend
Mar / Apr
2004
10 Years 10 Voices: International Photography Festival, Rome
South Africa has been invited as guest country
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Region
Mission
Events/Activities
Participation by 7 South African photographers
Theme: “Ten Years of Freedom 1994 – 2004”
Date
City of Rome Focus: 15 – 18 April 2004
The Mayor of the city of Rome is hosting a 4-day event to launch a year of Focus on South Africa in partnership with Trade Unions, NGO’s,
FAO, WFP, Schools and institutions.
Freedom Day Concerts: 27 – 29 April 2004
Ushaka – African Oratorio by Mzilikazi Khumalo
Touring Bari, Rome and Milan
Rotating exhibition by Italy’s Former Anti-Apartheid Movement: 28 April 2004
Opens in Rome and rotates to 10 different cities in Italy
Includes photographs of Alf Khumalo
Worker’s Day Concert by the Italian Trade Unions CISL, CGL and UIL: 1 May 2004
Organisers are considering inviting a top South African band to perform and a representative of COSATU
May 2004
Jazz Sudafricano: Mid July 2004
Villa Celimontana Jazz Festival: 7 – 11 July 2004
Performance by Miriam Makeba: 7 July 2004
Performance by four different SOUTH AFRICAN groups: 8 – 11 July 2004
Possibly: Jimmy Dludlu, Bongo Muffin and Judith Sephuma
July 2004
Film Festivals: March / July / September 2004
Participation by National Film and Video Foundation as per Agreement on Film Co-production singed between South Africa and Italy, October
2003
Jul / Sep 2004
-
Isola Tiburina Film Festival: July 2004
Military Film Festival: September 2004
Seminars on 10 Years of Democracy, linked with NEPAD: October 2004
To be hosted together with Italian partners, possibly IPALMO/La Sapienza University and the Italian Institutes for International Affairs
Millennium Train Project: Second half of 2004
Oct 2004
43
Region
Mission
Events/Activities
Mission to participate and to highlight South Africa’s ten years of democracy in the context of the UN Millennium goals
Date
South Africa Week: End of 2004
Week of culture, food, wine tasting and tourism promotion.
Displaying and promoting products from handcrafters and design students from South Africa
ALBANIA AND MALTA:
SOUTH
AFRICAN
CONSULATEGENERAL
MILAN
ITALY
Public events: June and July 2004
Music group or photographic exhibition
BIT International Tourism Fair: 14 – 17 February 2004
Attended by CEO of South African Tourism, Ms Cheryl Carolus
“Tipicita” Food Festival, Fermo, Marche Province: 20 – 22 March 2004
South African Evening: 20 March 2004
Participation by mission and South African Tourism office
Jun / Jul 2004
Feb 2004
Mar 2004
African Film Festival, Milan: 22 March 2004
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
LISBON
PORTUGAL
Freedom Day Concerts: 27 – 29 April 2004
Ushaka – African Oratorio by Mzilikazi Khumalo
Touring Bari, Rome and Milan
Apr 2004
Genoa Film Festival: Mid July 2004
Jul 2004
Seminars on 10 Years of Democracy, linked with NEPAD: October 2004
To be hosted together with Italian partners, possibly IPALMO/La Sapienza University and the Italian Institutes for International Affairs
Book Exhibition: April 2004
Visiting guests: Dr Felicite Wessels and Dr T van der Walt
Oct 2004
Apr 2004
Cultural Group to perform: 1 to 6 May 2004
Request for Mamelodi Group – cultural dances of Venda, Pedi and Changaan cultures
Mural Artists, Madeira: May 2004
May 2004
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Region
Mission
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
THE HAGUE
NETHERLAND
S
Events/Activities
“Ushaka” – African Oratorio by Mzilikazi Khumalo
Date
Apr 2004
Photographic exhibition on the Dutch anti-apartheid movements
National Day Reception: To include musical/cultural performance from South Africa
Soccer Match: 5 or 6 June 2004
Friendly Soccer match between SOUTH AFRICA and Netherlands, followed by VIP reception. Possibly a concert to precede football match.
Jun 2004
Special Youth Day Programme
Film: Africa Film Festival
NEPAD follow-up conference: September/October 2004
Focusing on Dutch role in implementing programmes of NEPAD
Sep / Oct
2004
Cultural Exchange Festival: 24 September – 03 October 2004
5th South African – Dutch cultural exchange festival organized by Afro Vibes Foundation
Theme: 10 years of democracy in SOUTH AFRICA
Artistic Director: Gregory Maqoma, internationally acknowledge choreographer and FNB Vita Award winner in 2000
Cooperation with Spoornet State Theatre, Pretoria: launching festival in Pretoria from 1 – 4 September 2004.
Business Gala Dinner
High profile and organised in co-operation with SANEC.
Mr Tito Mboweni to be invited.
Dance4Life project
In Cape Town with large simultaneous event in the Arena, Amsterdam
Seminar on Human Rights
Nov 2004
World Aids Day
with a fundraising element
Dec 2004
Film: Premiere of Amandla
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Region
Mission
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
VIENNA
AUSTRIA
Events/Activities
Date
Launch of Lion King
Embassy is co-operating in the launch of Lion King - Musical by Joop van der Ende.
Gumboots: Rhythm is a Language: 8 October - 1 November 2003
MuseumsQuartier, Halle E
Tickets: 01/96 096
www.oeticket.com
Oct / Nov
2003
Syringa Tree: 28 January - 6 March 2004
One actress plays 24 characters in an amazing theatrical event Vienna's English Theatre
Tickets: 01/402 12 60-0,
tickets@englishtheatre.at
Jan / Mar
2004
Kat and the Kings: 20 March - 8 May 2004
50's musical-hit from Cape Town Vienna's English Theatre
Mar / May
2004
Tram with South African logos: April - July 2004
Line D
Apr / Jul 2004
SOUTH AFRICAN Golf Trophy: 18 April 2004
Golf Club Loipersdorf, Styria
SOUTH AFRICAN Photo Exhibition: 19 - 30 April 2004
Vienna International Center, Rotunda
SOUTH AFRICAN National Day in Ljubljana,Slovenia: 24 April 2004
Performance by SOUTH AFRICAN artist and National Day Reception
SOUTH AFRICAN National Day in Bratislava, Slovakia: 26 April 2004
Performance and Reception
SOUTH AFRICAN National Day in Vienna: 27 April 2004
Performance and Reception
Asinamali!: 29 April - 2 May 2004
Mar 2004
Apr 2004
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Region
Mission
Events/Activities
Guest performance from the Market Theatre, Johannesburg, at the Donaufestival 2004
Alte Werft Korneuburg
Tickets: 02732/908033
tickets@donaufestival.at
Date
Podium discussion: 29 April 2004
Frauen in Bewegung before the premiere of Asinamali Alte Werft Korneuburg
Ushaka: 2 May 2004
African epic oratorio
Musikverein, Vienna
Ushaka: 27 May 2004
Brucknerhaus, Linz
May 2004
Jun 2004
Gumboots: Rhythm is Language: 14 - 18 June 2004
Stadtkino, Salzburg
Tickets:
www.rockandmore.com
Gumboots: Rhythm is a Language: 19 - 24 June 2004
Kasematten, Graz
SOUTH AFRICAN Golf Tournament: 19 June 2004
Golf Club St. Kanzian, Carinthia
Gumboots: Rhythm is a Language: 25 June - 3 July 2004
BA-Halle, Gasometer, Vienna
Jul 2004
Jazz Festival: 28 June - 11July 2004
Vienna: with SOUTH AFRICAN special
Tickets: www.viennajazz.org
Salzburger Jazz Herbst: 29 October- 7 November 2004
Miriam Makeba
Oct / Nov
2004
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Mission
Events/Activities
Tickets: 01/ 504 85 00,
www.viennaentertainment.com
Recital with SOUTH AFRICAN soprano Tania Oppel: 30 October 2004
Schloss Niederfellabrunn, Lower Austria
Tickets: 02262/ 722 42,
www.niederfellabrunn.at
African Footprints: October/November 2004
Series of informational lectures, seminars and films:
Lecture: 12 March 2004
Africa 2004: Permanent Crises or African Century organised by SADOCC
Bludenz, Vorarlberg
Info: www.sadocc.at
Seminar: 27 March 2004
10 Years Free South Africa organised by SADOCC
Karl-Czernetz-Bildungszentrum
1020 Wien
Info: www.sadocc.at
Seminar: 31 March 2004
Labour Movement in South Africa organised by SADOCC
ÖGB-Bildungszentrum
Strudlhofgasse, 1090 Wien
Info: www.sadocc.at
Lecture by Ambassador Moleah: 21 April 2004
10 Years of Freedom
United Nations Vienna
Seminar & Lecture by Ambassador Moleah: 23 April 2004
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Date
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Mission
Events/Activities
Date
Seminar & Lecture by Ambassador Moleah: 26 April 2004
Bratislava, Slovakia
NORDIC
COUNTRIES
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
COPENHAGEN
DENMARK
Lecture by Ambassador Moleah: 28 April 2004
SOUTH AFRICA after Apartheid - Achievements and Challenges
Diplomatische Akademie
1040 Wien
Info: www.da-vienna.at
Freedom Day Reception: (20 April to 10 May in all Nordic countries)
Performance by cultural group
Apr / May
2004
Seminar
Centre for African Studies of Copenhagen University – to arrange and host seminar on 10 years democracy in SOUTH AFRICA – combined
with promotion of NEPAD and the African Renaissance – “Democracy in Africa” could become the theme of the Institute for the year 2004
Media
The electronic and printed media will be approached to broadcast special programmes on South Africa's democracy throughout the year.
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
HELSINKI
FINLAND
Civil Society Celebrations
Through South Africa Contact – former Danish anti-apartheid movement
Photo exhibition
Covering events leading to the first democratic elections as well as an overview of achievements over the past 10 years
Freedom day: 26 April 2004
Apr 2004
In co-operation with the Finnish- South Africa Association
Performance by South African pianist
Youth Day: 16 June 2004
Performance by Youth Choir
Jun 2004
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Region
Mission
Events/Activities
Date
Kuopio Dance Festival: 21 to 23 June 2004.
Performance by South African Dance Group
Reception
Aug 2004
Women’s Day
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
OSLO
NORWAY
SOUTH
AFRICAN
To participate in the local celebration of International Women’s Day organised by the local NGOs.
Media (Newsletters):
The Embassy as well as the South African Association in Norway has electronic newsletters and these would be used throughout 2004 as a
means of information and to carry celebration articles. Norwegian media (electronic and printed) – broadcasting of programmes on SOUTH
AFRICA’s democracy.
Tourism (Fair): January 2004
The Embassy will participate in a national tourism fair. SOUTH AFRICAN Tour operators have been invited to attend.
Jan 2004
Freedom Day Celebrations: 26 - 27 April 2004
Performance by “Women Unite” in Co-operation with Norwegian group “Brazz Brothers”.
Apr 2004
Seminars: May 2004
Encouraging research institutions to host round table discussions/seminars concentrating on democratic events in Africa as part of 10th
Anniversary celebrations in 2004
May 2004
Norway Soccer Cup: June 2004
Discussing possibilities around the Norway Cup with the organisers. This is an annual event; a soccer week for young players ages 12 – 18
around the world.
Jun 2004
Craft Exhibition: October 2004
Possibly bringing South Africa craftsmen e.g. bead-weavers, basket-weavers, traditional clay pot painters, the wire artists etc. to Norway during
a specific week to show their skills, to exhibit complete items and to give small group classes on their specific crafts.
Seminar in conjunction with the Olof Palme Center: last week in January 2004
Participation by former Anti-Apartheid Movement
Oct 2004
Jan 2004
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Region
Mission
EMBASSY
STOCKHOLM
SWEDEN
Events/Activities
The Embassy will have about four events organised with the Olof Palme Centre and other organisations such as the Nordic Africa Institute as
well as the AAM to deliver speeches about South Africa and its achievements. The media will be engaged to give publicity of such events.
Launch of “Changing Spaces” Project: February 2004
Rodney Place and Dorothea Flodin
Fashion Show
Contemporary Township Dance and Music (Pantsula and Kwaito)
Date
Feb 2004
Lecture with Swedish Institute for International Affairs: March 2004
Mar 2004
Freedom Day Reception: 27 April 2004
Showing of video material to be requested from Publications and Video
Possible performance by music group, Basadi, Women of Jazz
Apr 2004
Production of Music CD
May 2004
Limpopo Weekend in Varmland: May 2004
Promotional South Africa Weekend in Varmland, which is 300 km away from Stockholm. Art works, wines, juices, tourism material will be
displayed during such an event. South African food will be served
Production of Cookbook: June 2004
Visit by 5 food magazines journalists to SOUTH AFRICA
Preparation of SOUTH AFRICAN dishes
Jun 2004
Performance by UMOJA: End of August 2004
Co-ordination of seminar on gender issues and the role of women in the development of SOUTH AFRICA
Aug 2004
“Changing Spaces” Project: September 2004
Exhibition launched in February 2004
Possible visit by Minister of Arts and Culture
Sep 2004
Travelling SOUTH AFRICAN Video exhibition (William Kentridge, Rodney Place and Jane Alexander.)
Reception to launch exhibition
Film
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Region
CENTRAL
AND
EASTERN
EUROPE
Mission
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
ANKARA
TURKEY
Events/Activities
The Embassy is working with some journalists that have been involved in the AAM to produce a film on SOUTH AFRICA in time for the 10 th
Anniversary.
LATVIA
Newspaper articles compiled by the Mission and forwarded to the Latvian press.
Ankara Music Festival: March April 2004
Food Festival: 15 April to 12 May 2004
Performances by Pianist and vocalist Andile Yenana and Khanya Ceza
Date
Mar 2004
Apr/May 2004
SOUTH AFRICAN Week: 19 April to 1 May 2004
Ambassador’s Reception, Istanbul: 19 April 2004
Performances: 18 to 20 April 2004
African Jazz duo of Pinise Saul and Lucky Ranku
Freedom Day Celebrations, Ankara: 27 April 2004
(Collaboration with Athens)
Performance by DAC sponsored group: 26 to 28 April 2004
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
BUDAPEST
HUNGARY
Istanbul Jazz Festival: June, July 2004
The Utazas Tourism Exhibition, promotion 18-22 March 2004
Participating at the biggest annual Travel and Tourism Exhibition in Budapest. Members from South Africa’s provincial tourism authorities, agencies
will participate alongside the Embassy and use the event to showcase SOUTH AFRICA’s diversity and variety. There is a possibility of a workshop
session with the SOUTH AFRICAN travel specialists and their counterparts.
Jun / Jul 2004
Mar 2004
Public Lecture: South African Literature: 24-25 March 2004
Possibility to host Nobel Literature laureate Nadine Gordimer in Budapest to give a lecture on her works, which are well known
Fashion Show: 28 March 2004
Collaborating with Rynart International and the International Women’s Club Foundation to organise a fashion extravaganza. Leading fashion
designers from Hungary, Italy, London etc will be participating. South Africa’s up and coming designers, Stone Cherry, will participate to showcase the
South Africa’s talent. M-Net is also negotiating with the organisers to attend the fashion show.
Exchange of Chefs - promotion of SOUTH AFRICA skill and the variety in the food industry: 24 April – 2 May 2004
Apr / May
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Mission
Events/Activities
Possibilities of an exchange of chefs between a hotel chain in SOUTH AFRICA and the same chain in Hungary i.e. The Inter Continental Hotel. South
African cuisine will be served as part of the celebration. It would include a variety of SOUTH AFRICAN wines being served; a business dinner hosted
by the hotel with the top business leaders in Hungary and a photographic exhibition.
Date
2004
Eleventh Budapest Book Exhibition: 22-25 April 2004
Budapest will host its annual book exhibition in April. The Embassy is planning to participate by exhibiting South African books/literature/poetry.
Public Lecture on Human Rights: 22 April (to be confirmed)
The Embassy, in collaboration with ELTE University of Budapest, will host a Public Lecture on human rights issues, and SOUTH AFRICA’s
experience in promoting Human Rights.
27 April (EU accession is 1 May)
Concert and reception for National Day - Performance, dance, music
Planning a concert with co-operation from Department of Arts and Culture.
Reception with South African cuisine
May 2004
Performance Play: Athol Fugard’s ‘The Island’ : 11May 2004
Hosting the Wits University School of Arts, who will perform Athol Fugard’s play, ‘The Island’. The play is evocative and it inspires people about South
Africa’s history and the extraordinary changes happening.
Education Co-operation: 16 June 2004
Project involving secondary schools in Hungary to showcase South Africa’s rise to democracy, on the occasion of Youth Day.
Choir competition: July/August 2004
An invitation for a South African choir to participate in the 28th Debrecen Choir competition has been sent. South African choirs have participated
(and won) in the past.
Music Concert July/August 2004
(COLLABORATION WITH PRAGUE AND WARSAW)
Hosting of second music group to perform.
Revolving Photographic exhibition throughout the year
The Embassy has been in contact with the Star newspaper regarding the use of photographs that portray positive images about SOUTH AFRICA.
These photographs are part of the material from award winning photographer, Karen Sandison.
Jun 2004
Jul / Aug 2004
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Mission
Events/Activities
Date
Art Exhibition, promotion of Arts and Culture : June 2004
Planning an exhibition that depicts SOUTH AFRICAN life.
“Exhibition of Beautiful Things”
Department of Arts & Culture
June 2004
ROMANIA
Art exhibition, a reception and music concert for National Day : 4 May 2004
Promotion of Arts and Culture
National Day Reception with a concert by a South African music group with co-operation from Department of Arts and Culture.
Planning a concurrent exhibition that depicts SOUTH AFRICAN life.
“Exhibition of Beautiful Things”
Department of Arts & Culture
May 2004
CROATIA
Concert and Reception: 29 April 2004
Mission will host a concert
A Marimba group will travel to Croatia and perform. Arts and Culture co-operation is highly regarded by Croatia.
HUNGARY, ROMANIA, and CROATIA
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
PRAGUE
CZECH
REPUBLIC
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
Proudly South African Day: August 2004
Fair for SOUTH AFRICAN citizens and contacts living in Hungary, Romania and Croatia to celebrate SOUTH AFRICA’s accomplishments,
achievements, music, culture, food, lifestyle, arts & crafts. The idea is to demonstrate the proud and positive spirit of South Africans.
National Day celebration with cultural activities
10th Anniversary Celebrations: 20 to 23 May 2004
Performance by Zulu dancers
Apr 2004
Aug 2004
Thursday April
22, 2004 or on
Monday April
26, 2004
May 2004
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Mission
WARSAW
POLAND
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
MOSCOW
RUSSIAN
FEDERATION
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
KYIV
UKRAINE
SOUTH
AFRICAN
EMBASSY
SOFIA
BUGARIA
Events/Activities
Celebratory Event: November 2004
Performance by Ntombizodwa String Quartet
Freedom Day: 27 April 2004
Performance by Sipho Hotsticks Mabuse: 25 April to 1 May 2004: Not confirmed
Date
Nov 2004
National Women’s Day: 9 August 2004
Performance by Busi Mhlongo or Judith Sephuma: Not confirmed
Aug 2004
Fashion Show and visiting journalist to South Africa
Apr / May
2004
Food Festival: 14 to 20 April 2004
Series of South African Food Programmes to be broadcasted by the Uti Bucharov TV Show
Visiting chef, Siew Kok Wei from the Radisson in Cape Town to cook South African cuisine
Apr 2004
Apr 2004
Performance by Department of Arts and Culture - sponsored group: 29 April 2004
(COLLABORATION WITH ATHENS)
Updated by: Ms R Everson
Directorate: Marketing
Department of Foreign Affairs
PRETORIA
eversonr@foreign.gov.za