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South Africa is free - Heads of Mission Conference
 In his remarks at the heads of Mission Conference held at OR Tambo house on April 11 2013 President Jacob Zuma said, "We meet again, to reflect on our important task of strengthening friendship ties between South Africa and the world. We meet to reflect on our key foreign policy goal, to contribute to building a better Africa and a better world. Our national hero and pioneer of our foreign relations perspective and strategy, former ANC President, Oliver Reginald Tambo, had this to say about our foreign relations perspective, in his address to the First Congress of the Angolan ruling party, the MPLA in Luanda in 1977. He stated: “We seek to live in peace with our neighbours and the peoples of the world in conditions of equality, mutual respect and equal advantage”. This is the vision that drives our foreign policy, premised on the philosophy of ubuntu.
This is the vision that informed us when the Constitution of the Republic was drafted. Freedom Day 2013 Celebrations will be held on 27 April 2013 under the theme “Mobilising society towards consolidating our democracy and freedom”.
Freedom Day represents peace, unity, and the restoration of human dignity of all South Africans. It is a reminder of the countless sacrifices made by many of our countrymen and women and a chance to ensure that no one will ever take our hard won freedom for granted.
South Africa has taken many strides away from its past of exclusion and discrimination on the basis of sex, colour and creed. The country has been steadily moving forward in a direction that reasserts our humanity. In this march towards humanity, a new culture of human rights and a respect for the dignity of the human spirit have become the characteristics of South Africa."
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Dulcie September honoured
 Deputy Minister Fransman, Mayor of Arcueil, Mr Daniel Breuiller and South African Ambassador to France, Ms Dolana Msimang hold a book written by Ms Jacqueline Derens Commemorating the life of Ms Dulcie September in Arcueil, France.
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Diplomats meet Business
 The annual Ambassadors Business Network Forum was held at Emperors Palace, on Friday, March 8. During the function, prominent business people in Ekurhuleni were presented the opportunity to network with 27 ambassadors and representatives of embassies from countries like China, Palestine, Japan, the Republic of Azberbaijan, Nigeria, Fiji, Kenya and Germany.
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