Forum Südliches Afrika, 17. Oktober 2024: Tour d’Horizon South Africa

Once more, South Africa is in the spotlight – parliamentary elections in May this year, the formation of a „Government of National Unity“ and remarkable initiatives in the field of foreign policy are some of the developments which deserve our attention. For the second time already, this FORUM provides an opportunity to discuss these and other issues with an insider who is no stranger to the SADOCC community.

Ambassador Rapulane Molekane, born and educated in Soweto/Johannesburg, started his political activism with the Young Christian Students (YCS) and was President of the Soweto Youth Congress (SOYCO) in the mid-1980s and Secretary-General of the ANC Youth League 1990-94. After serving in Parliament for one period, he joined Foreign Affairs and became South African High Commissioner to Ghana, Deputy Director-General: Europe and then Ambassador to France. Since 2019, he serves as South African Ambassador to Austria, Slovenia and Slovakia and Permanent Representative of South Africa to the International Organisations in Vienna.