Dirco has confirmed that the Tibetan spiritual leader has applied for an SA visa, but did not comment about the status of the application.
The international relations department has confirmed that Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama made a visa application for entry to SA.
While Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane is on his way home, SADC is expected to send a team to monitor the situation in the country.
SA has called a SADC meeting to discuss the recent Lesotho "coup", while the SANDF has refuted claims that it was involved in foiling the attempt.
The international relations department has received no reports of voting hassles overseas, as expat voting continues.
The department of international relations and co-operation has dismissed a report that voters living abroad would not be able to vote.
Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says proper procedures were followed earlier this month when South Africa expelled three Rwandan diplomats.
Claims that SA female prisoners are mistreated in Mozambique’s jails will be brought up with authorities, says the international relations department.
South Africa will seek clarification from various countries about their laws on sexual orientation, says the department of international relations.
Yolande Korkie has arrived back in South Africa after being held hostage in Yemen, while negotiations continue to get her husband Pierre released.
Rwanda President Paul Kagame has seemed to hint at involvement in the death of former spy chief Patrick Karegeya but SA would not respond.
A group of South Africans stranded in the Gaza Strip has been allowed safe passage into Cairo following an intervention by Dirco officials.
International relations director general Jerry Matjila has been placed on special leave following allegations of irregular expenditure of over R500m.
The South African government will withdraw all non-essential personnel from its embassy in Cairo, says the international relations department.
The DA has slammed International Relations Minister Maite Nkoane-Mashabane’s handling of reports of spying by the UK as a "half-job".
Eight South Africans are among those killed in a revenge bombing in Kabul over an anti-Islam film as protests rage across the Middle East.
Cellphone giant MTN has sought advice in the wake of sanctions by the United States against companies that aid human rights abuses.
South Africa has condemned the escalating violence in Syria and has urged all parties involved to seek a peaceful solution to the ongoing conflict.
International relations says the embassy in the Republic of Congo is ready to help South Africans affected by munitions blasts in Brazzaville.
Reports have surfaced that reveal that Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula and his deputy fly more than their international relations counterparts.
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The government says SA voted in favour of the vetoed UN resolution on Syria at the weekend, as it did not seek to impose regime change on the country.
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The international relations and cooperation department says the ashes of executed drug mule Janice Linden have been returned to her family.
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The family of the 36-year-old South African man, abducted in Mali, say they haven’t received any word from the kidnappers demanding a ransom.
The DA has called on the president to send the Burma ambassador to SA packing, after investigations suggest he has a questionable human rights record.
Nineteen South Africans were reportedly hired to help former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi escape to Niger and two of them died in the process.
The International Relations Department says National Police Commissioner General Bheki Cele has not been offered a diplomatic post.
International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says the United Nations Climate Change conference will not be an easy meeting.
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu expressed outrage on Tuesday on the government’s failure to grant Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama a visa.
At least 190 people died on Saturday when a ferry capsized off the popular tourist archipelago of Zanzibar, a minister said.
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The international relations department says South African companies in Tanzania are helping with rescue procedures after a ferry capsized in Zanzibar.
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The Chinese interest in South Africa has resulted
in policy challenges. But the true state of relations
is the stuff of folktales.
President Jacob Zuma will visit the Republic of Burundi next week to strengthen relations between the two countries.