France in South Africa and in Lesotho

On Tuesday 12 February 2019, Ambassador of France to South Africa, H.E. Mr. Christophe Farnaud, bestowed on South African playwright, Mr. Brett Bailey, the award of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (Knight in the Order of Arts and Letters) on behalf of the French Minister of Culture at the Granger Bay Hotel School Restaurant, in Mouille Point, Cape Town.

The first solar powered desalination plant in South Africa was officially launched on 11 February 2019 at Witsand, Hessequa Municipality, in the Western Cape.

On 31 January, the Ambassador of France, H.E. Christophe Farnaud, attended the Night of ideas in Victoria Yards, in Johannesburg.

This year, we will celebrate the 250th birth anniversary of Napoléon, on the 15th of August 2019. On this occasion, we are more than glad to invite you to the exhibition on the history of the wine that Napoleon used to order from St Helena, from the 21st February to the 21st of June at Groot Constantia.

From the 5th of February, the AFD will organize the photo exhibition "Inequality: a different picture" at Company’s Garden in Cape Town.