/ 28 January 1999

Madiba arrives in Germany

President Nelson Mandela arrived in Baden Baden, Germany on Thursday morning for a private visit during which he is to receive the prestigious “Deutsche Medien Pries”, which honours prominent newsmakers. Mandela is also expected to hold talks with the new German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder before receiving the award on Thursday evening . Mandela is also expected to bestow the Order of Good Hope on Juergen Schrempp, chairman of Daimler-Chrysler, and the South African Honorary Consul-General in the German states of Baden Wuerttemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland in recognition of services to South Africa.