JUSTICE MALALA | ANC acts without principle for Mozambique and Zimbabwe’s powerful, not the poor

Anyone who thinks that Daniel Chapo’s inauguration is the end of the protests in Mozambique is deluded

20 January 2025 - 04:30

No-one expected President Cyril Ramaphosa to attend the inauguration of Mozambique’s new president, Daniel Chapo, in Maputo last week. Not a single voice — within and outside South Africa — would have criticised him for not going. Before the ceremony took place, international relations minister Ronald Lamola was expected to represent South Africa...

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