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28.05.2019 Article

Cape Town’s road to clean waterCape Town’s road to clean water

Cape Town's sewage plants are overburdened. The city's wastewater often flows unfiltered into the sea. The outdated sewage treatment plants are now being modernised. It is the first project of the European Clean Oceans Initiative, writes the Development Bank KfW.

The Zandvliet sewage treatment plant, in the background a township. The plant is currently designed to handle 72 million litres of wastewater per day
27.05.2019 Article

German development cooperation with South Africa

In 2019, South Africa celebrates the 25th anniversary of the end of apartheid. Since its first free and universal elections in 1994, Germany has partnered with the Rainbow Nation in order to support…

Illustrative picture of the map of South Africa
19.05.2019 Article

Congratulations to the people of South Africa for the strength of your Democracy!

Whether in Brussels, Pretoria or Berlin, we all still face many challenges when it comes to elections. Voter participation certainly is a key one; getting young people out to vote in particular. South Africa unfortunately is no exception, writes Martin Schäfer for News24.com

Column for News24
24.04.2019 Article

Are we drawing the right reasons from the past?

It's crucial to address the many facets of one's history: to not accept the easy answers, but to take a closer look; to debate our past openly and controversially. Even if that is painful, writes Martin Schäfer for News24.com.

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23.04.2019 Article

Protecting victims, fostering peace

At Germany’s initiative, the UN Security Council is addressing sexual violence in conflicts – Foreign Minister Maas will act as chair

Arria-Formula Meeting of the Security Council Members chaired by Foreign Minister Maas on the topic of women, peace and security in the Middle East.
14.04.2019 Press release

Micro projects funded by the German Missions in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini

The micro-project scheme is part of Germany's overall development co-operation that contributes to poverty alleviation and improvement of living standards, to cover the basic needs of the poorest social classes, especially in rural areas.

Sister Martha Modiba at the Unjani Clinic in Midrand
14.04.2019 Article

German Ambassador Martin Schäfer: On pride, patriotism and proper pronunciation

“I don't believe constitutional patriotism ever means complacency with the status quo. On the contrary, it means to me that it's crucial to get involved.” Here's Ambassador Schäfer's latest opinion piece News24.com. On pride, patriotism and proper pronunciation.

Ambassador Schäfer's column at News24
12.04.2019 Article

Interview at Cliff Central

On April 12, Ambassador Schäfer sat down with Careth Cliff on his radio Show. Listen into the interview.

Ambassador Schäfer with Gareth Cliff
25.03.2019 Article

#DiplomaticallySpeaking

“What a great and multi-faceted, welcoming and hospitable, complex and complicated country!,” read Ambassador Schäfer's interview with The Diplomatic Society #DiplomaticallySpeaking

Interview with the Diplomatic Society
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