/ 14 June 1999

Mandela receives Ambassador’s credentials

President Nelson Mandela for the last time on Friday received the credentials of 10 new ambassadors and two high commissioners to South Africa at the presidential guest house in Pretoria. The new ambassadors are Ro Min Su from North Korea, Kyaw Thu from Myanmar, Boris Herrera from Chile, Marcos Rodriguez Costa from Cuba, Anatole Khonda from the Republic of Congo, Radu Mateescu from Romania, Javid Ghorban-Oghli form Iran, Alyse Alam from Lebanon, Joseph Karemera from Rwanda and Louis Bastide from Mali. The high commissioners are Zainal Azman from Malaysia and Akramul Qader from Bangladesh. While handing their credentials to Mandela, most of the envoys wished him a happy retirement.