DRC plea to Cyril: ‘Save us from dungeons of hell’

23 July 2018 - 06:24
By Mzilikazi Wa Afrika
Congolese opposition politician Moise Katumbi.
Image: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Congolese opposition politician Moise Katumbi.

In an exclusive interview with Times Select‚ Katumbi‚ who is in self-imposed exile in Belgium since May 2016 after falling out with President Joseph Kabila‚ has asked Ramaphosa “to save the people of Congo from the dungeons of hell”.

“Kabila doesn’t want me to return home so I can fill in my nomination form to be an official presidential candidate. The situation in my country is escalating‚ opposition leaders and supporters are jailed on trumped-up charges‚ and I believe president Ramaphosa can be our saviour‚” he said.

Katumbi said he was coming to SA in a few weeks’ time “to plead with President Ramaphosa to come to the rescue of the people of Congo. I would beg him to save the people of Congo from the dungeons of hell”.

Ramaphosa’s spokesperson‚ Khuselo Diko‚ said on Friday she was “not able to speculate about a meeting that has not been requested”.