Guestblog by Tatenda Goredema, Communications and Political Officer.
I am standing in this month for Simon who has graciously granted me the opportunity to make a one-time guest appearance. I work at the Consulate as Communications and Political officer.
Cape Town is the seat of South Africa’s Parliament and no amount of verbose writing could aptly capture how glad I am that it is. There are few more beautiful cities in the world that offer one the opportunity to observe such as important democracy in action. In addition to being the seat of the national legislature, the city also plays host to a wide and diverse mix of civil society organisations. Needless to say, this post is a very interesting place work, with a focus on policy and legislation in the political section.
October has already been quite a busy month with the Secretary of State for BIS, Dr Cable having paid a visit to South Africa earlier this month and met his SA counterpart in Cape Town.
The SA parliament has recently returned to start its last term for the calendar year and the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement will be delivered this week by the Finance Minister. Earlier this month the Consulate co-sponsored the match-day kit for the South African Homeless Street Soccer team going to the Homeless World Cup.
The tournament, in Mexico, featured 62 teams and ran from the 6th to 14th of October. Simon was on hand to hand over the new kit. You might also want to know that a new Honorary Consul was appointed this month in Durban to cover the KwaZulu Natal region.
The range of diverse activities undertaken at this post can sometimes leave one feeling quite dizzy, but there is no doubt that there are few places better than this to work.