On 9 January 2019, H.E. Mr. Kanat Tumysh, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of South Africa, held a meeting at the Embassy of Kazakhstan with Ms. Ndileka Mandela, well-known social activist and public figure in South Africa, a writer, head of the Tembekile Mandela Foundation (rural upliftment organization), granddaughter of H.E. Mr. Nelson Mandela, the First President of South Africa.
During friendly conversation, the prospects of Kazakh-South African cooperation in the social, humanitarian and cultural spheres, as well as the popularization in Kazakhstan of the exemplary life, work and activities of Nelson Mandela, as well as the legacy of Abai Qunanbaiuly and Al-Farabi in South Africa were discussed.