Premier Helen Zille -Western Cape Province- sings the golden guest book – Picture by Bremer
Friday, 8 February 2019, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen: South African 7th Premier of Western Cape Province, Helen Zille and the Premier of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer, were the guests of honour at this year’s Schaffer Banquet held traditionally at Bremen’s City Hall the second Friday of each February.
The feast is arranged by the Foundation Haus Seefahrt (House
Premier Helen Zille was in Germany for a follow-up call to the trade visit that Bremen’s President and Governing Mayor and the city-state’s chamber of commerce undertook to South Africa in the summer of 2018 (https://diplomatmagazine.eu/2018/06/27/bremen-delegation-to-south-africa-and-namibia/).
Other prominent guests included AIRBUS President Guillaume Faury, the German Ambassador to South Africa,
The Schaffer Banquet is the oldest of its kind worldwide, bringing together the brotherhood extant between seafarers and merchants.
For further information
Schaffer banquet: https://www.schaffermahlzeit.de/de/home/
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On the image: Premier Helen Zille (Western Cape Province in South Africa) sings the golden guestbook as Dr. Martin Schäfer, German Ambassador to South Africa, the President and Governing Mayor of Bremen, Dr. Carsten Sieling, the latter’s spouse, Alexia Sieling, Honorary Consul Volker Schütte (South Africa), AIRBUS President Guillaume Faury and Premier of Saxony Michael Kretschmer.