The third-smallest sovereign state on mainland South America - after Uruguay and Suriname - is Guyana. Situated on South America's North Atlantic coast,  Guyana is bordered by Brazil to the south and southwest, Venezuela to the west, and Suriname to the east. 

It is Also the only English speaking country in South America.  Five years ago, in 2014, Guyana established a High Commission in Pretoria, the first full diplomatic mission on the African continent since the closure of the country's diplomatic office in Zambia, in August 1991. 

Although Guyana's official presence in South Africa is fairly new, relations between the two countries actually span decades.  Channel Africa's Jenine Coetzer recently caught up with Guyana's High Commissioner to Pretoria - Dr Kenrick Hunte - and asked him about the history and current ties.