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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The South African Embassy in Kuwait hosted a reception at the Radisson Blu Hotel \u2013 on Tuesday, 28 May, 2013 under the theme \u2018Celebrating the role of Women in South Africa\u2019s Democratic Transition\u2019.<\/p>\n
The event formed part of South Africa\u2019s Freedom Day celebration as well as the 50th-anniversary commemoration of the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The event was attended by women from various sectors of Kuwaiti society, South Africa nationals, spouses at foreign diplomatic missions and representatives from the expatriate community in Kuwait.<\/p>\n
In his welcoming remarks, the Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa Delarey Van Tonder commemorated the contribution of South Africa women in the struggle for South Africa\u2019s freedom and democracy. He reminded the guests of the saying created by oppressed women in South Africa to unite against the human rights abuses of Apartheid. \u201cYou strike a woman, you strike a rock,\u201d he said as a translation to \u201cWatint Abafazi- Watint Imbokodo\u201d.<\/p>\n
Ambassador Van Tonder pointed out that South Africa will celebrate its twenty years of freedom next year while the African Union (AU) is celebrating its golden Jubilee since the establishment of the Organisation for African Unity fifty years ago in the ancient African State of Ethiopia.<\/p>\n
The theme of the 50th anniversary is \u2018Pan Africanism and African Renaissance\u2019 which also reflect positively on the role of Women in Africa\u2019s socio-economic development. \u201cI wish to acknowledge that in its short life, democratic South Africa has carved out significant milestones towards improving the status of women and substantively increasing their role in national governance and economic life of the country.<\/p>\n
Equally Women in Africa continue to fulfill their respective roles and overcome many challenges towards unity, peace, security and sustainable development on the African Continent.\u201d Ambassador Van Tonder also paid tribute to the constructive role of Women in Kuwait society and congratulated Sheikha Naima Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, Chairperson of the Organising Committee for Women Sport in the GCC for receiving the GCC Sport and Environment Award. He also acknowledged the continued efforts of Sheikh Salman Al Sabah, the Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs to strengthen the participation of young people in sport and culture as well as the promotion of the environment.<\/p>\n
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The South African Embassy in Kuwait hosted a reception at the Radisson Blu Hotel \u2013 on Tuesday, 28 May, 2013 under the theme \u2018Celebrating the role of Women in South Africa\u2019s Democratic Transition\u2019. The event formed part of South Africa\u2019s Freedom Day celebration as well as the 50th-anniversary commemoration of the establishment of the Organisation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24586,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diplomat"],"yoast_head":"\n