The British Royal Family #RoyalVisitSA: Prince Harry in South Africa: Sports, visiting, tributes, Awards, Conservation and many more
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After a first step visit to Lesotho as part of his foundation Sentebale, Prince Harry joined South Africa. And the least we can say is that the beginning of his stay began with Sporting activitist
With his friend Prince Seeiso, brother of King Letsie III of Lesotho, he traveled to Paarl, in the southwest of the country where they attended the Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup to benefit their foundation Sentebale. (This helps vulnerable children in Lesotho, especially those who are HIV positive and / or whose parents died of AIDS.)Having taken part in the competition, he fell off his horse. But fortunately not serious.
This November 30, the grand-son of Queen Elizabeth II was in Cape Town for his first official engagement in South Africa. It was to award, on behalf of the Sovereign on the advice of the British government, the insignia of Honorary Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour at the South African Archbishop and Freedom fighter Desmond Tutu, aged 84, in recognition of his services to the British community and international peace and reconciliation. It was thus seen that same day, also in the South African capital, after participating in a seminar at Ottery Youth Centre which deals rehabilitation of troubled youth, join a football session organized by the Football for Hope Centre.
The next day, 1 st December, focusing on the use of sport for social development and as part of a partnership between the South Africa Rugby and the British High Commission rugby, Harry embarked barefoot and in the company of other young people, on the ground of the Kings Park Stadium in Durban, not hesitating to slip his head into the lion's shark mascot team Shark. Then, it is with young surfers "not street Surfers Children" that took the pose for photographers on the beach after visiting the center of this charity that supports former charge street children.
He then took advantage of his official visit to South Africa to highlight the work of rangers who fight against rhino and wild life poaching.
On his second day to South Africa by taking the direction of the Kruger National Park, largest game reserve in the country where he had spent this summer for ten days alongside rangers include measures against poaching of rhinos killed for their horns, and veterinarians, as part of his private residence in several countries southern Africa focused on defending wildlife. The younger son of Prince Charles was impressed by their skills and experience.
Also he wanted to offer them a spotlight on the occasion of the official visit publicized. If he stayed only a few hours with them, he was nevertheless able to accompany them on a helicopter poaching scene where a mother white rhino and her calf of 2 years had been killed. He also met young people who study at the Southern African Wildlife College in Hoedspruit, facility where trained rangers who can find a job in wildlife parks.The stay in South Africa Prince Harry was completed on Thursday, December 3rd.
Apart from a brief interview with South African President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria and visit to schools in Soweto and Johannesburg, also visited while Johannesburg, the Nelson Mandela Foundation where he could see, preserved among the archives, a photo of former South African president with his mother Lady Diana. He was also able to interview Graca Machel, the widow of Nelson Mandela and with Mbuso Mandela, one of the grand-son of the Nobel Peace Prize 1993.
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