Opinion

Instead of grovelling to foreign heads of state our government should apologise to us

22 September 2019 - 00:02
By barney mthombothi AND Barney Mthombothi

After winning over a hostile crowd at Robert Mugabe's funeral in Harare last week by graciously apologising unreservedly for the senseless xenophobic attacks against African migrants in SA, President Cyril Ramaphosa seemed to hit on a bright idea: an apology tour by emissaries to key African countries. Grovelling is the best diplomatic response apparently.

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