From left to right: Prof Pengpeng Feng, Director of the Confucius Institute at UCT; Mr Ren Faqiang, Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in Cape Town; Prof Thokozani Majozi, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Internationalisation at UCT and Emer Prof Danie Visser, Acting Director of the UCT International Office, at the ceremonial cake-cutting to mark the launch of the 2026 China–Africa Year of People-to-People Exchanges.