How often do you get to meet a man who has been in space four times? The United States Mission to South Africa welcomed Major General Charles Bolden to South Africa from November 12-17 and his recent mission to South Africa had students, pupils, space enthusiasts, aerospace professionals on the edge of their seats as he described ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 21 November, 2018 | Categories:
Cape Town, Education, Environment, Events, Featured Event, Johannesburg, News, Public Affairs, Science & Tech, U.S. & South Africa
| Tags: administrator, astronaut, landing on mars, major general charles bolden, nasa, public lecture, us science envoy for space, us speaker programs, wits planetarium
What is a conservation social scientist and why is she visiting South Africa? Dr. Meredith Gore is one of the world’s leading conservation experts and she recently traveled to South Africa to learn from and share best practices with South African students, community members, and government officials on tackling issues of wildlife poaching, wildlife trafficking, ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 12 October, 2018 | Categories:
Education, Environment, Events, News, Public Affairs, Travel & Tourism
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, Public Affairs, U.S. & South Africa
| Tags: arts culture recreation, classical music, classical mvovements, jessye lapenn, minnesota chorale, minnesota orchestra, music, musical exchange, performance
To honor the legacy and lifetime of service embodied by Nelson Mandela, a team from the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria joined Sun International and the Minister of Social Development, Susan Shabangu, to give 67 minutes of service on Mandela Day, July 18, where they packed food parcels for South African children in need. The U.S. ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 18 July, 2018 | Categories:
Africa, Consul General, Deputy Chief of Mission, Events, Johannesburg, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, U.S. & South Africa
| Tags: department of social development, elizabethmckay, mandela100, mandeladay, meal packing, nelsonmandeladay, outreach, raise against hunger, suninternational, volunteer
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, Public Affairs, Scholarships and Exchanges, U.S. & South Africa
| Tags: bursaries, degrees, doctoral, fani titi, fulbright, masters, national research foundation, scholarship, study in america
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, Public Affairs, Scholarships and Exchanges, Success Stories, U.S. & South Africa, Video
| Tags: mandla sibeko, pdo
Excitement was the order of the day as 33 new American Peace Corps Volunteers were sworn-in during a special ceremony at the U.S. Community Center in Pretoria on Monday, April 16. This 37th cohort of volunteers arrived in South Africa in January before embarking on an immersive 10-week training schedule that included training in language, ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 20 April, 2018 | Categories:
Africa, Art & Culture, Child and Family Matters, Culture, Deputy Chief of Mission, Education, Events, Government Offices, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, Public Affairs, U.S. & South Africa, Video
The United States Mission to South Africa and its Regional English Language Office hosted world-renowned American Arts Integration and English Language Specialist Karen Konnerth for a series of puppet performances for primary and high school students in Pretoria and Durban. She also held workshops for teachers in Polokwane, Lyndhurst, and Benoni. Konnerth is a visual ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 29 March, 2018 | Categories:
Africa, Art & Culture, Culture, Durban, Education, English Language Learning, Events, Johannesburg, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, U.S. & South Africa
| Tags: benoni, english language learning, karen konnerth, lyndhurst, pretoria, puppetry, shows, workshops
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
The U.S. Embassy is pleased to announce the donation of three forensic trailers to support provincial law enforcement officials to investigate wildlife crime scenes. The trailers were handed over to representatives of the Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, and KwaZulu-Natal authorities at a ceremony co-hosted with the non-governmental organization TRAFFIC on February 20, 2018, at the ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 22 February, 2018 | Categories:
Africa, Durban, Economic Affairs, Environment, Events, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, U.S. & South Africa, U.S. Agencies
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
Mr. Jeffrey Minear, Counselor to Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr., was in Bloemfontein last week as part of a U.S. Consulate General in Johannesburg visiting speaker program. Mr. Minear visited the Supreme Court of Appeal, where he met with legal researchers, Court administrative staff, and judges to discuss best practices ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 14 November, 2017 | Categories:
News, Public Affairs, U.S. & South Africa
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
Media Advisory: June 27, 2017 American Actor Antonio Lyons Joins Fight Against Gender-Based Violence with We Are Here The U.S. Mission to South Africa, as part of its support for South Africa’s fight against gender-based violence, is hosting American actor, musician, poet and social activist Antonio Lyons for a nation-wide series of workshops and performances ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 27 June, 2017 | Categories:
News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, U.S. & South Africa
| Tags: Antonio David Lyons, Press Release, South Africa, U.S. Mission in South Africa
The U.S. Consulate General Cape Town brought American musician Nat Adderley Jr. to kick off this year’s Jazz Appreciation Month by participating in a panel discussion “on “The Music Business ” at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF), conducting workshops with young musicians around the city, and performing in and around in Cape Town ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 10 April, 2017 | Categories:
Art & Culture, Cape Town, Consul General, Events, News, Public Affairs
| Tags: Culture
Press Release Monday, 13 June 2016 For more information please contact: Cindy Harvey
USEmbassySAPress@state.gov Johannesburg, South Africa – More than 140 rising young African leaders met in Johannesburg, South Africa June 9 – 11, 2016 to collaborate on their role in driving sustainable development and a prosperous future for Africa. In support of U.S. President Barack ...
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By mogasekrc | 13 June, 2016 | Categories:
Africa, Alumni, Press Releases, Public Affairs
| Tags: Mandela Washington Fellowship, Washington Fellows, Washington Fellowship, YALI
Gender-based violence is not just a problem in society today – it’s a stain that demeans women and girls often for the rest of their lives, and it disgraces us all. As we wind up 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence, the U.S. Consulate General in Johannesburg hosted an afternoon workshop at the Westonaria ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 11 December, 2015 | Categories:
American Spaces, Child and Family Matters, Johannesburg, Public Affairs
Consul General Christopher Rowan visited a couple of sites that demonstrate the unshakable commitment of the United States to South Africa in combating HIV/AIDS and reducing stigma, both around testing and treatment and for children in families affected by HIV. CG Rowan visited the Shout-It-Now testing site in Tsakane, Johannesburg and Nanga Vhutshilo, a children’s care ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 10 December, 2015 | Categories:
Child and Family Matters, Consul General, Events, Johannesburg, News, PEPFAR, Public Affairs, U.S. & South Africa
The U.S. Mission to South Africa is calling for proposals for projects to preserve cultural heritage. Intentions to submit a proposal are accepted until December 10, 2015. Shortlisted institutions will be invited to submit final and complete proposals by January 15, 2016. The U.S. Embassy South Africa and the Cultural Heritage Center of the ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 16 November, 2015 | Categories:
Art & Culture, Education, Public Affairs, U.S. & South Africa, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: AFCP, bilateral agreement, competition, Cultural, cultural heritage
The United States Embassy in Pretoria hosted South Africa’s first YALI TechCamp: Digital Strategies for Grassroots Organizing. TechCamp is a hands-on, interactive two-day event for selected youth from ten countries in Africa, including South Africa, to interact with world-class technology trainers. The YALI TechCamp took place from October 21-22 at the American Corner, inside the ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 26 October, 2015 | Categories:
Alumni, American Spaces, Events, Public Affairs, Scholarships and Exchanges
| Tags: American Corner, Climate Change., Es’kia Mphahlele Community Library, Grassroots Organizing, Macon Phillips, Mandela Washington Fellowship, Tech Camp, TechCamp, YALI
