On Tuesday, Charge d’Affaires Jessye Lapenn celebrated the launch of the USAID Kingson Capital Development Credit Authority loan portfolio guarantee agreement. Jacko Maree, Special Envoy on Investment to President Ramaphosa, and KZN MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs Sihle Zikalala also attended the Durban signing ceremony. The USAID DCA $10 million guarantee with ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 5 April, 2019 | Categories:
Business, Chargé D’Affaires, Commercial Affairs, Economic Affairs, Featured Event, News
| Tags: Development Credit Authority, Kingson Capital, USAID
The United States Mission to South Africa is pleased to welcome the Minnesota Orchestra to South Africa, as it embarks on its Music for Mandela tour across the country. As part of its Mandela Centenary commemorations, the Embassy is delighted to have provided support for the orchestra’s tour, the first ever tour of a full ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 8 August, 2018 | Categories:
Art & Culture, Chargé D’Affaires, Culture, Durban, Events, Johannesburg, News, Press Releases, U.S. & South Africa
| Tags: arts culture recreation, classical music, classical mvovements, jessye lapenn, minnesota chorale, minnesota orchestra, music, musical exchange, performance
Twenty-nine South African students and scholars have received fully-funded Fulbright scholarships to conduct research and complete postgraduate studies at U.S. academic institutions. The world-renowned Department of State-funded Fulbright Program provides scholarships to university graduates seeking a Master’s or Doctoral degree in nearly any field of study at a university in the U.S. Thirteen South Africans ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 9 July, 2018 | Categories:
Alumni, Chargé D’Affaires, Education, Events, News, Press Releases, Scholarships and Exchanges, U.S. & South Africa
| Tags: bursaries, degrees, doctoral, fani titi, fulbright, masters, national research foundation, scholarship, study in america
News Release | 15 June 2018 (Johannesburg) The U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and Business leadership South Africa (BLSA) announced a three-year extension of their ground-breaking development partnership, the Beyond Advocacy Fund, with an infusion of an additional $3.6 million in funding. This partnership tackles some of the ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 15 June, 2018 | Categories:
Chargé D’Affaires, Commercial Affairs, News, Press Releases, U.S. & South Africa, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: BLSA, Business leadership South Africa, United States Agency for International Development, USAID
Forty-six young South Africans will travel to the United States to participate in the Mandela Washington Fellowship, which aims to enhance leadership skills, bolster entrepreneurship, and connect young leaders from across Africa with the American people, and with each another. During their six-week visit, 28 U.S. universities will host 700 Fellows from sub-Saharan Africa for ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 22 May, 2018 | Categories:
Africa, Alumni, Art & Culture, Business, Chargé D’Affaires, Culture, Durban, Education, Events, News, Press Releases, Scholarships and Exchanges, Success Stories, U.S. & South Africa, Video
| Tags: mandla sibeko, pdo
Statement by the U.S. Mission to South Africa Condolence for Victims of Mosque Stabbings in KwaZulu-Natal The United States Mission to South Africa offers our deepest condolences and sympathies to the families and loved ones of those killed and injured in the May 10 attack at the Imam Hussein Mosque in Ottawa, Verulam, near Durban. ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 11 May, 2018 | Categories:
Chargé D’Affaires, Consul General, Press Releases
A bipartisan delegation of United States Senators visited South Africa from April 4 – 6, 2018 on a visit to strengthen ties between the American and South African people. Led by Senator Christopher Coons of Delaware, the delegation sought to increase partnerships and enhance trade and investment opportunities which can lead to greater prosperity for both of our countries. The delegation included Senator Jeff ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 6 April, 2018 | Categories:
Chargé D’Affaires, Commercial Affairs, Economic Affairs, Key Officials, News, Press Releases, U.S. & South Africa
Congratulations, South Africa! We were thrilled to be at today’s signing of renewable energy independent power producer project (REIPPP) agreements, which will result in R55.92 billion in new investments in the energy sector (including foreign direct investment from U.S. companies!), create nearly 60,000 new jobs, and generate 2300 megawatts of energy. Chargé d’Affaires Jessye Lapenn ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 4 April, 2018 | Categories:
Chargé D’Affaires, Commercial Affairs, Economic Affairs, Environment, Events, News, Science & Tech, U.S. & South Africa
As published in Independent Group Newspapers March-April, 2018. It was with great excitement and a bit of national pride that I read the South African Institute of Race Relations’ (SAIRR) March 13 report, “SA has made significant progress against HIV/Aids, but more must be done”, which captured South Africa’s success in driving down the rate ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 3 April, 2018 | Categories:
Chargé D’Affaires, News
As part of a response to the #BlackPantherChallenge, an ongoing campaign to take young people to watch the inspirational Black Panther superhero film in cinema, the U.S. Mission to South Africa hosted 120 young leaders to watch a special screening of Black Panther at Brooklyn Mall on Human Rights Day, March 21. Young leaders from ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 27 March, 2018 | Categories:
Africa, Art & Culture, Chargé D’Affaires, Culture, Education, Events, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, Science & Tech, U.S. & South Africa
| Tags: black panther, brooklyn mall, event, movie screening, news, ster kinekor
The second annual meeting of the U.S. Mobilizing Institutional Investors to Develop Africa’s Infrastructure (MiDA) delegation met with South African asset managers, financial institutions, and African pension fund representatives to build further partnerships and find co-investment opportunities in Johannesburg and Cape Town March 5-9, 2018. Formed in 2016, MiDA is a partnership between the U.S. ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 23 March, 2018 | Categories:
Business, Cape Town, Chargé D’Affaires, Commercial Affairs, Doing Business in the U.S., Economic Affairs, Events, Johannesburg, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, Trade, U.S. & South Africa
| Tags: Business, donna sims wilson, MiDA, us africa investment, us africa trade
UNITED STATES GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR VISITS SOUTH AFRICA TO ADVANCE U.S.-SOUTH AFRICA HEALTH PARTNERSHIP Media Release March 13, 2018 The U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Deborah Birx visited South Africa from February 19 to March 1 regarding implementation of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The American people, through PEPFAR, are deeply committed ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 14 March, 2018 | Categories:
Chargé D’Affaires, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & South Africa, U.S. Agencies
U.S. DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO SOUTH AFRICA Message for U.S. Citizens Town Hall for U.S. Citizens with Chargé d’Affaires Jessye Lapenn, March 15, 2018 The U.S. Consulate General in Johannesburg is pleased to invite all U.S. citizens in Gauteng, Northwest, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and Free State to a Town Hall event with the U.S. Chargé d’Affaires to ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 28 February, 2018 | Categories:
Chargé D’Affaires, Messages for U.S. Citizens, U.S. Citizen Services
The U.S. Embassy is pleased to announce its support for the production of One Night in Miami… at the Market Theatre, February 2-25, 2018. To commemorate Black History Month, recognized each year in February, the U.S. Embassy has partnered with the Market Theatre in Johannesburg to deliver high-impact and thought-provoking drama to South African audiences. ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 7 February, 2018 | Categories:
Art & Culture, Chargé D’Affaires, Deputy Chief of Mission, Events, Featured Event, Johannesburg, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, U.S. & South Africa
| Tags: art, Culture, Market Theatre, one night in miami, South Africa
The U.S. Mission to South Africa is pleased to announce the application period is now open for the Fulbright Foreign Student Program for 2019-2020. This world-renowned program offers scholarships that cover up to the full cost of tuition and living expenses in the United States for South African students interested in pursuing a Master’s or ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 25 January, 2018 | Categories:
Chargé D’Affaires, Education, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, Scholarships and Exchanges, Study in the U.S., U.S. & South Africa
Are you a musician? Keen to collaborate with artists from around the world? Then WATCH as our Chargé d’Affaires Jessye Lapenn meets Benjamin Jephta, a South African jazz prodigy, who went on the >
OneBeat exchange program to the U.S! In this episode of our Meet The AlumnU.S. series,
Benjamin Jephta shares more about his journey and what inspires his ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 29 December, 2017 | Categories:
Alumni, Art & Culture, Chargé D’Affaires, News, Study in the U.S., U.S. & South Africa, Video
| Tags: OneBeat
U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Jessye Lapenn co-hosted a signing ceremony with Southern African Music Rights Organization (SAMRO) Foundation Managing Director André le Roux to celebrate the launch of an Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) grant totaling $88,179 to the SAMRO Foundation. The ceremony took place at the legendary Orbit Jazz Club in Braamfontein, Johannesburg on ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 2 November, 2017 | Categories:
Ambassador, Art & Culture, Chargé D’Affaires, Culture, Events, Former U.S. Ambassadors, Johannesburg, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs
| Tags: AFCP, cultural heritage, Culture
Daily Maverick | Orateng Lepodise | September 26, 2017 Giving back is a reward. Nobody knows this better than the United States Peace Corps, which hosted a swearing-in ceremony for 40 new South African volunteers on Friday. The Peace Corps is working at improving education and health conditions and capacity in South Africa. On Friday, the Peace Corps hosted a swearing in ceremony in ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 27 September, 2017 | Categories:
Chargé D’Affaires, Education, English Language Learning, Events, News, U.S. & South Africa, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Peace Corps
Last Thursday, US manufacturer of construction and mining equipment Caterpillar opened their new international parts distribution centre in in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni. The centre is the only one located in Africa.
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 7 September, 2017 | Categories:
Business, Chargé D’Affaires, Economic Affairs, Events, Johannesburg, News, U.S. & South Africa
| Tags: barloworld; caterpillar; us business; rob charter; jessye lapenn; ekurhuleni
On her recent visit to the Lowveld, the US Embassy’s chargé d’affaires, Jessye Lapenn, learned more about some of the work the Embassy does in Mpumalanga.
Lowvelder | June 24, 2017 | Philippa Francis MBOMBELA – Lowvelder joined the American acting ambassador on her visit to GRIP on Monday afternoon, where CEO Sakina Mohamed outlined the sex-work programme. The organisation uses a Pepfar ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 24 June, 2017 | Categories:
Chargé D’Affaires, News, PEPFAR, Success Stories, U.S. & South Africa
| Tags: PEPFAR
Media Advisory June 23, 2013 Microbiology, mathematics, biochemistry, international affairs, astronomy, ethnomusicology…. These are just some of the many disciplines pursued by South Africans in the 2017 Fulbright Students and Scholars cohort. The U.S. Embassy’s Fulbright office hosted the 2017 class of students and scholars for a pre-departure orientation on June 23 in Sandton, as ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 23 June, 2017 | Categories:
Chargé D’Affaires, Education, Events, News, Press Releases, Scholarships and Exchanges, U.S. & South Africa
| Tags: Fulbright Foreign Student Program
Media Advisory June 23, 2017 The U.S. Embassy in South Africa’s office of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilitated the donation of border enforcement equipment and tools to the South African Revenue Service (SARS) at their K-9 facility in Kempton Park. The equipment will be utilized in support SARS’ efforts to safeguard the borders ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 23 June, 2017 | Categories:
Chargé D’Affaires, Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & South Africa, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Chargé d’Affaires Jessye Lapenn, Export Control and Related Border Security Program, South African Revenue Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Media Advisory June 13, 2017 Joint Statement: 8th South African – United States Annual Bilateral Forum, 8 June 2017 The Embassy of the United States of America hosted the South African Government for the 8th Annual Bilateral Forum (ABF), on 8 June 2017, in Pretoria. The ABF takes place under the auspices of the South ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 13 June, 2017 | Categories:
Chargé D’Affaires, Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & South Africa
Media Advisory March 29, 2017 U.S. Embassy Pretoria Supports Global Light it Up Blue Campaign The U.S. Embassy in Pretoria is delighted to announce its participation in the signature campaign of “Autism Speaks” by joining the Light It Up Blue campaign, which is dedicated to raising international awareness of autism during World Autism Awareness Day ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 29 March, 2017 | Categories:
Chargé D’Affaires, Events, Human Rights
| Tags: Autism
