April 27 is the Freedom Day of the Republic of South Africa. The JINR-RSA cooperation, which started from exchanging the first scientific visits in 1993, has expanded into the associate membership of South Africa in the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in 2005. Currently, the fruitful cooperation between the Republic of South Africa and JINR in the fields of science and training of young scientists continues to develop and finds new opportunities for collaboration.

The Directorate of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research congratulates South African colleagues and partners, as well as their relatives, on the Freedom Day of the Republic of South Africa and wishes them good health, happiness, well-being, luck, and new professional successes for the benefits of science and progress.