U.S. Secretary  of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with AU Chair-Designate Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma at a dinner hosted by South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane in Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 7, 2012. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

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On August 6, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to South Africa, where she met with former South African President Nelson Mandela and participated in theU.S.-South Africa Business Partnership Summit. In Johannesburg on August 7, Secretary Clinton held a bilateral meeting with South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and participated in the U.S.-South Africa Strategic Dialogue. 

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks titled “Going Global: the U.S.-South Africa Partnership,” in Cape Town, South Africa Aug. 8, 2012. [Go to http://video.state.gov for more video and text transcript.]

Remarks
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Delft South Clinic
Cape Town, South Africa
August 8, 2012

SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, it is such a great pleasure and honor to be with all of you here today to mark a new chapter in our country’s shared fight against HIV/AIDS.

And I so well remember that meeting three years ago with the Minister and with my colleague, Dr. Eric Goosby, Ambassador Goosby. We were looking for ways to be helpful. We were quite pleased at the strong position taken by President Zuma and his government. And we knew that Minister Motsoaledi had been given a huge task.

I have to tell you just personally, but also on behalf of the American team who are here, who have worked on this, we are very grateful to you, Minister, because it is one thing to – (applause) – be given a very important and difficult task, as you were, and it’s something even more important to have implemented so successfully. And to all the members of the South Africa team, at the national level, at the provincial and local level, we are very, very impressed and very grateful for what we have seen happen these last three years.

So I, of course, want to thank the Minister. Also Mayor, thank you. Mayor de Lille, thank you for being here. MEC Botha, thank you. Dr. Grimwood, Sister de Villiers, thank you all for welcoming us here today. MORE. 

U.S. Secretary  of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with DIRCO Deputy Director Nozipho Mxakato-Diseko and South African Foreign Minister Nkoana-Mashabane at a dinner hosted by Foreign Minister Nkoana-Mashabane in Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 7, 2012. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

Remarks
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Table Bay Hotel
Cape Town, South Africa
August 8, 2012

Well, it’s always a pleasure being in Cape Town, and I remember exploring Cape Town for the first time with Erica, and it’s just wonderful seeing someone who has loved this city for so long coming back and leading our consulate. And it’s also especially touching that her husband is leading our consulate in Durban. And he was with me in Pretoria yesterday, and between the two of them, they are a dynamic duo for American diplomacy.

I also very much – yes – (applause) – you can give them both a round of applause. Thank you. I’m also very, very pleased to be joined by the Ambassador – Ambassador Gips and Liz Gips, who – Liz Berry Gips, right? – who is just a terrific partner to the Ambassador in everything he’s doing on behalf of our relationship with the country. Don and Liz and their three sons have just made a tremendous difference in connecting up people to people and in civil society and NGOs, as well as the day-to-day work between our governments.

And I’m here to say thank you. Thank you for everything you all do every single day on behalf of this really vital relationship. I just finished speaking at the Western Cape University about the importance of the relationship between the United States and South Africa, not only with respect to what we do between our two countries, but what we must do throughout the world. And you are doing an excellent job of carrying our values, promoting our interests, and deepening our relationship. MORE. 

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with South African International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane for the second meeting of the South Africa-United States of America Strategic Dialogue in Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 7, 2012. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

About the Author: Kimberly Coniam and Jaisha Wray serve as Foreign Affairs Officers in the Office of Missile Defense and Space Policy in the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance.

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We accompanied Deputy Assistant Secretary for Space and Defense Policy Frank Rose on his recent trip to South Africa for the first ever U.S.-South Africa Space Security Dialogue. This Dialogue was an important opportunity to exchange viewpoints on initiatives to improve the long term sustainability of the space environment, such as anInternational… more »

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks with South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane after their meeting in Pretoria, South Africa on August 7, 2012. [Go to http://video.state.gov for more video and text transcript.]

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks at the U.S.-South Africa Business Partnership Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 6, 2012. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]