Harry meets Zuma then heads to Joburg
President Zuma hosts Prince Harry at his residence in Pretoria, before the royal's appointment on Joburg.
|||President Jacob Zuma hosted Prince Harry of Wales in his Mahlamba Ndlopfu residence in Pretoria on Thursday morning.
Prince Harry is in South Africa about the charity work concerning wildlife conservation and youth development.
The media was not allowed to sit through the meeting, but British High Commissioner Judith Macgregor addressed journalists afterwards.
“His Royal Highness had a wonderful conversation with President Zuma. He told him all about his trip and his engagement with so many young people in sport and also in outreach through communities,” Macgregor said.
He was then whisked off to other engagements in Johannesburg.
Harry was welcomed by the principal of Siyabonga Secondary School in Bram Fischerville.
Dressed in a white shirt and navy blue pants, the British Royal took a walk through the court yard of the school and made his way to the library, where the learners where anxiously waiting for him.
The prince broke the ice by saying: “Morning guys no need to be nervous we managed to get three of the Queen’s young ladies to speak to you guys, I’d rather have them talk to you being from South Africa rather than me.”
Unassuming, Harry sat with the students. He asked them what they were talking about and joined in their conversation.
The three young ladies Nosipho Bele, Emma Dicks and Patrice Madurai, whom Harry had mentioned earlier, were chosen by the Queen for the Queen’s Young Leaders Programme based on the community work that they have been doing.
The Queen’s Young Leader Award recognises and celebrates exceptional people aged 18-29 from across the Commonwealth, who are taking the lead in their communities and using their skills to transform lives.
Winners of this prestigious Award receive a unique package of training, mentoring and networking, including a residential programme in the UK during which they will collect their Award from Her Majesty The Queen.
The Award was launched to celebrate the Queen of England’s jubilee as well as to encourage people to celebrate best young leaders and entrepreneurs in their countries.
Harry began his Southern Africa visit in Lesotho at his charity Sentebale, where he officially opened their Mamohato Children’s Centre.
The newly-built Mamohato Children’s Centre is the flagship facility to serve all of Sentebale’s work with vulnerable children in Lesotho, and will specifically enable Sentebale to support thousands more children living with HIV.
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