France in South Africa and in Lesotho

As a continuation of the partnership which was consolidated in an MOU in 2016, the Market Theatre Foundation and the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) are very proud to present an African inspired adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s classic fable, The Little Prince performed by Kwasha, the Market Theatre Foundation’s brand-new theatre company.

In a first for Africa, the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Johannesburg, in collaboration with the French Embassy in Pretoria and the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS), are bringing a replica of the world-famous Lascaux cave paintings and the cave itself to South Africa.

“The information collected by France forms a body of evidence that is sufficient to attribute responsibility for the chemical attacks of 7 April to the Syrian regime. »

We cannot tolerate the normalization of the employment of chemical weapons, which is an immediate danger to the Syrian people and to our collective security, »says President Macron

On the evening of 20 March 2017, the Ambassador of France to South Africa, H.E. Mr. Christophe Farnaud, hosted the fourth annual Goût de France - Good France dinner at the Residence de France in Pretoria in celebration of French gastronomy.