13th November 2012 Cape Town, South Africa
As you may remember, though I’m based at the Consulate-General in Cape Town, I’m also accredited as the Deputy High Commissioner in Namibia (to support our team there). The historic visit this week by Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba to South Africa presented me with a rare chance to mix the two roles. On Tuesday (6 […]
22nd October 2012 Cape Town, South Africa
A guest blog by Michelle Atkinson, 2nd Secretary Political & Projects at the British High Commission in Harare On 10 October 2012, I attended a civil society event hosted by ZACRO to celebrate the World Day against the Death Penalty. It is a day for us all to pause and ask ourselves; is there still […]
22nd October 2012 Cape Town, South Africa
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 […]
11th September 2012 Cape Town, South Africa
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, […]
17th August 2012 Windhoek, Namibia
It is always a rather heart-stopping moment when you arrive at an official function as a diplomat and find you’re billed as a key note guest speaker with no prepared speech to deliver. It happened to me a week into my first African posting in Swaziland. I turned up at a rural event to discover […]
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14th August 2012 Cape Town, South Africa
I love my job – traveling the world, meeting new people, supporting UKPLC amongst other activities. But even when this involves living in a place like Cape Town, I really do miss home – especially when we’ve just put on one of the best Olympics of all time. I watched the games with great pride, […]
10th July 2012 Cape Town, 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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