UN officials pick up a gardening trowel on Nelson Mandela Day

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By Isseu Diouf Campbell   Following an informal meeting at the United-Nations, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was joined by M. John Ashe, President of the 68th session of the General Assembly, Baleka Mbete, Speaker of the National Assembly of South … Read More

South African Consulate in New York celebrates Freedom Day

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L-R:   H.E. George Monyemangene, Consul General of South Africa and Ambassador Kingsley Mamabolo, Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations with freedom fighters Father Michael Lapsley and Justice Albie Sachs By Isseu Diouf-Campbell The South African Consulate in New York hosted … Read More