US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, today, Tuesday, 7 August congratulated South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma on her election as the new Chairperson of the AU Commission at the Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is on an official visit to South Africa to strengthen bilateral political and economic ties between the USA and South Africa, was speaking during a courtesy call paid to Minister Dlamini Zuma in Pretoria.
Minister Dlamini Zuma was elected Chairperson of the African Union Commission at the Summit of the AU Heads of State and Government held from 15-16 July in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Minister Dlamini Zuma is the first female and candidate of the Southern Region to be elected to the post AU Commission Chairpersonship in 49 years.
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