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South Africa Will Never Turn Back on Russia, Says Country's Culture Minister

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International Forum of United Cultures in St. Petersburg - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 12.09.2024
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Russia, as the BRICS chair in 2024, is hosting a series of events leading up to the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan from October 22 to 24. These events will include 250 activities across 11 regions.
The relationship between South Africa and Russia is "unbreakable," said South African Minister of Sport, Arts, and Culture Gayton McKenzie on the sidelines of the International United Cultures Forum in St. Petersburg.
Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Culture at the Russian Ethnographic Museum in St. Petersburg as part of the international forum of united cultures. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 12.09.2024
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The minister emphasized the decisive role played by the USSR in supporting South Africa's fight for freedom and sovereignty, specifically highlighting the USSR's provision of refuge to South African leaders.

"That relationship has never died, and that relationship will never die. [...] We will never ever turn our back on Russia, and Russia has never turned its back on us," Gayton McKenzie told Sputnik.

The International United Cultures Forum takes place in St. Petersburg from September 11 to 14.
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