Philippines–South Africa relations
{'<entity_0>': 'Philippines–South Africa relations', '<entity_1>': 'Philippines', '<entity_2>': 'South Africa'}
[['Philippines–South Africa relations', 'country', 'South Africa'], ['Philippines–South Africa relations', 'country', 'Philippines']]
<entity_0> refers to bilateral relations between <entity_1> and <entity_2>. Relations were established in November 1993, with <entity_1> maintaining an embassy in Pretoria and <entity_2> having an embassy in Manila. <entity_2> is the largest trading partner of <entity_1> in Africa and <entity_1> ranked <entity_2> as its 36th largest trading partner in 2008. The visit to Manila by Nelson Mandela, the first black South African President and anti-apartheid icon in March 1997, led to the ratification of <entity_1>-<entity_2> Trade Agreement in 2002. In 2011, Filipinos in <entity_2> sent over US$6.1 million in remittances back to <entity_1>, the largest amount from any African country in 2011.
['bilateral relation']