Mandela’s eldest daughter South Africa’s ambassador to Buenos Aires
Argentina has handed Nelson Mandela’s eldest daughter, Zenani Mandela-Dlamini, credentials as South Africa’s ambassador to Buenos Aires, the foreign ministry said on Monday.
“The Argentine government has given diplomatic credentials to Zenani Mandela-Dlamini, as new ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to Argentina” a ministry statement said.
Mandela-Dlamini, 53, is a businesswoman and the first of anti-apartheid hero Mandela’s surviving children to go into public life. She is a daughter of Mandela, 93, and his second wife Winnie Mandela.
She is the former wife of Prince Thumbumuzi Dlamini from Swaziland and keeps his last name and royal title, says the Argentine Foreign ministry release. Zenani Dlamini acted as First Lady when her father Nelson Mandela was president of South Africa.
“In recent years bilateral links with South Africa have increased in all fields, mainly trade, human rights, sports, culture, science and technology and the nuclear and space sectors helping to strengthen South-South cooperation”.
Bilateral trade between South Africa and Argentina is worth about 1.3 billion dollars.
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Amandla.
Tony Leon - former opposition leader - is the current ambassador and from his record I'm sure a very impressive one. Mandela's daughter???? what qualifications does she have aside from being Mandela's daughter? I suspect none except loyalty to the Stalinist ANC heirarchy. A big retrograde step.
Ironic that with RSA being a republic (but again a Commonwealth member), Mandela-Dlamini gets to keep her honorific HRH, although now divorced from Swazi Prince Thumbumuzi Dlamini.
Noted also is how many of the ANC-related princelings have become RSA diplos.
Reference:
www.iol.co.za/sundayindependent/mandela-set-for-diplomatic-posting-to-argentina-1.1316779
By choosing Mandela's daughter as the ambassador he will gain favour with other ethnic groups including the Xhosas.
There is something called Karma. What goes around comes around.
5 years of crisis down, 345 years to go (1600-1950 colonial age Europe must and WILL repay). If not willingly, unwillingly.
The day Africa gets over its in fighting,
And replaces its guns for prosperity and export more creating, economic growth, instead of conflict,
Then she will stand and take her place in the real world, and grow.
She is but the oldest of peoples, yet among the poorest.
Just a thought .
202 years of Argentinian colonialism (Agentina must and will repay) :p
Dont bother MR cornishair, I made the point about Argentines colonial situation to him many times and he ignored it.
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