Secretariat support for South Africa
Elections support
In October 2018, South Africa took part in a Commonwealth Election Professionals (CEP) Initiative training. Participants learned about new technologies, as well as how to plan and finance elections.
Anti-corruption
The Secretariat helped South Africa’s Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to work with other anti-corruption agencies in the region. In August 2018 and May 2019, the Secretariat's Africa Anti-Corruption Centre in Botswana ran an intelligence-gathering course in Pretoria for SIU staff.
Health
The Secretariat is developing an information and price-sharing database for essential medicines. South Africa will be one of the early beneficiaries.
Trade
In November 2018, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ helped a senior official from the South African Department of Trade and Industry attend a Commonwealth consultation on trade held in Seychelles.
Connectivity Agenda
The Secretariat is helping South Africa to co-lead on its Digital Connectivity Cluster as part of ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Connectivity Agenda.
It also helped the Businesswomen’s Association of South Africa to share their views during a special session on Women in the Digital Economy.
Blue Charter
South Africa is a member of ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Clean Ocean Alliance – the Blue Charter Action Group on tackling marine plastic pollution.
South Africa in ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½
South Africans John Maxwell Coetzee (in 2000) and Manu Herbstein (in 2002) have both been overall winners in ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Writers’ Prize.
South Africa awards scholarships for postgraduate study to citizens of other Commonwealth countries under ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Scholarship and Fellowship Plan.
