South African official highlights comprehensive strategic partnership with China

STORY: South African official highlights comprehensive strategic partnership with China SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 7, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: POLITICS/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Alvin Botes visits Tianjin Museum 2. various of Alvin Botes visits a martial arts school in China's Tianjin 3. SOUNDBITE (English): ALVIN BOTES, Deputy minister of international relations and cooperation of South Africa STORYLINE: More efforts should be made to deepen pragmatic cooperation between South Africa and China in various fields, including sports, education, and tourism, said a South African official in an interview with Xinhua on Thursday. Alvin Botes, deputy minister of international relations and cooperation of South Africa, recently paid a visit to a famed martial arts school in China's Tianjin. SOUNDBITE (English): ALVIN BOTES, Deputy minister of international relations and cooperation of South Africa "The relationship between South Africa and China is a comprehe

Namibia trains youngsters to boost athletics community

STORY: Namibia trains youngsters to boost athletics community DATELINE: Jan. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: Windhoek CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Wanderers sports field in Windhoek, Namibia 2. SOUNDBITE (English): LEONI VAN RENSBURG, Organizer of the Quinton-Steele Botes Athletics Coaching and Training Clinic STORYLINE: Namibia's Quinton-Steele Botes Athletics Coaching and Training Clinic is imparting crucial athletics skills to youngsters over a four-day workshop to boost the national athletics community. The training camp, which was first established in 1993 by the late Namibian athletics administrator Quinton-Steele Botes who died in 2014, runs from Jan. 9 to 12. The camp focuses on the principles of all athletics events, including sprints, hurdles, throw, high and long jump. Nearly 300 participants are clustered into three age groups: the kids' athletics program for six-to-ten-year-olds, the primary and intermediate program, and the high school and seniors program. SOUNDBI

Chinese-invested enterprises in South Africa hold job fair to pursue localized development

STORY: Chinese-invested enterprises in South Africa hold job fair to pursue localized development DATELINE: April 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:39 LOCATION: JOHANNESBURG, South Africa CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the job fair 2. various of the ceremony 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALVIN BOTES, SA Deputy Minister of International Relations 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CHEN XIAODONG, Chinese Ambassador to South Africa. STORYLINE: Thousands of job seekers on Thursday gathered at the Gallagher Convention Center in Johannesburg, where Chinese-invested enterprises in South Africa held a job fair in hopes of hiring local talents for localized development. South Africa's Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Alvin Botes said the job fair showed China's commitment to eradicating the triple challenges of poverty, unemployment, and inequality and was evidence of the depth of the two countries' partnership. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALVIN BOTES, South Africa's Deputy Minister of Internation