Norway’s Prime Minister Stoltenberg honours Amundsen

The new Norwegian Embassy building in Pretoria, South Africa, was officially inaugurated on Monday 7 November 2011. In her opening speech the Secretary General of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bente Angell-Hansen, described the building as hospitable and welcoming.

Sølvguttene (Boys of Silver) has frequently toured internationally, visiting European countries, the USA and former Soviet Union. They own their name to the shiny silvery uniforms they used to wear in the choirs’ early days but it is now attributed to the special sound and clarity of the boy’s voices. They are in South African to visit Drakensberg boys Choir, but will also be performing in...

A paint-maker in South Africa left behind his or her grindstone, stirring stick, tiny mixing bowl and other tools in a cave – for 100,000 years. These groundbreaking findings are a result of a project partly funded by the South Africa - Norway Programme for Research Co-operation.

The Market Theatre in association with Dance Forum invites South African dance fans to join them for two FREE performances of a new work created by the Norwegian playwright, director and choreographer, Jo Strømgren which will be presented on 24 and 25 October at the Sneddon Theatre, Durban and on 4 and 5 November at the Market Theatre, Johannesburg.