JUSTICE MALALA | War talk with despotic Kagame is beneath democratic Ramaphosa
Our government, however, needs to account for our military tragedies and failures
03 February 2025 - 04:30
There are several reasons why President Cyril Ramaphosa was absolutely correct to refrain from getting into a shouting match with his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, last week. After news broke that 13 South African soldiers had died in the eastern DRC while on a peacekeeping mission in that trouble-torn region, Ramaphosa posted on social media that South Africa’s “military presence in the eastern DRC is not a declaration of war against any country”...
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