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Minister Pandor was speaking during a presentation of her department’s Budget Vote to the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation. The budget has increased by at least 1.3% from the 2021/21 financial year to about R6.6 billion in this financial year.

The annual Africa Month – and Africa Day on Wednesday, 25 May – is being celebrated under the theme: “The Year of Nutrition: Strengthening resilience in nutrition and food security on the African continent”.

The truck – which was converted from diesel to hydrogen – is also powered in part by lithium-ion batteries. It is a world first.

Speaking at the Africa Travel Indaba underway in Durban, Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said the province of KwaZulu-Natal is recovering from the devastation of the recent torrential rains, which caused flooding.

South African representatives, the President said, are essential key players and actors on the global stage where the foundations of world diplomacy are facing an enormous shift.

Government has noted and welcomed Moody’s decision to affirm South Africa’s long term foreign and local currency debt ratings at ‘Ba2’ and revise the outlook to stable from negative.