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11th September 2012 Cape Town, South Africa

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by Simon Atkinson

Deputy Head of Mission, Cape Town

Cape Town winter

It’s been a dreary old winter in Cape Town – lots of rain and wind. It’s probably not what the Speaker of the House of Commons, Rt Hon John Bercow was expecting on his recent visit to the South African Parliament (which, incidentally, for historical reasons is based here, rather than the country’s capital city, […]

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10th July 2012 Cape Town, South Africa

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by Simon Atkinson

Deputy Head of Mission, Cape Town

Celebrating UK sport and royalty in South Africa

I last blogged from Windhoek, Namibia, where I was covering for our High Commissioner Marianne Young. I’m now back on my more usual perch as Deputy Consul General, Cape Town. I thought I’d update you on what we’ve been doing in Cape Town recently to promote the UK and the GREAT campaign. (It’s no secret […]

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