France in South Africa and in Lesotho

Ambassador Aurélien Lechevallier is France’s Ambassador Designate to South Africa and Lesotho.

On 18 July 2019, for Mandela Day, the Deputy Head of Mission Emmanuel Suquet and his team were in the township of Diepsloot to celebrate the launch of an Eco Trading Store.

During the 2019 Bastille Day celebration at the Residence of France in Pretoria, the Ambassador of France to South Africa, H.E. Christophe Farnaud, bestowed on South African Ndebele artist, Dr. Esther Mahlangu, the award of Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (or Officer in the French Order of Arts and Letters) on behalf of the French Minister of Culture.

This workshop aims at raising consciousness around gender conditioning, beliefs and attitudes, and build interconnectedness across diverse communities.

On 9 June 2019, the Ambassador of France to South Africa H.E. Christophe Farnaud hosted an evening to celebrate French conservationist Françoise Malby-Anthony’s engagement in preserving wildlife in South Africa.