Denmark–South Africa relations
Encyclopedia
Denmark-South Africa relations are foreign relations between Denmark and South Africa. Denmark have a embassy in Pretoria
, South Africa
. South Africa have a embassy in Copenhagen
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visited Denmark in 1999. Denmark has always had a very active development cooperation programme with South Africa from the 1960s which was changed to an assistance from 1995. Denmark assisted with 4 billion DKK. Denmark remains a strong supporter of NEPAD.
Pretoria
Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. South Africa have a embassy in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
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History
Denmark was a very strong supporter of the anti-apartheid. Queen Margrethe II paid a visit to South Africa in 1996. President Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing...
visited Denmark in 1999. Denmark has always had a very active development cooperation programme with South Africa from the 1960s which was changed to an assistance from 1995. Denmark assisted with 4 billion DKK. Denmark remains a strong supporter of NEPAD.