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South Africa: Five Embassies 'Regret' Investment Memo Misunderstanding
News24Wire, 4 February 2019
Five diplomatic missions say they "regret" the misunderstanding caused by a memo they penned in which they warned President Cyril Ramaphosa that his drive to attract foreign direct… Read more »
World Powers' Letter to Ramaphosa Sparks Diplomatic Incident
President Cyril Ramaphosa's presidency has taken a tough stance on five Western nations whose political and economic concerns about South Africa have been aired in the press. Minister of International Relations and Co-operation Lindiwe Sisulu has instructed her department to issue a démarche against the ambassadors of Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United States and the United Kingdom. The Daily Maverick is reporting that the ambassadors expressed their concerns in discussions with Ramaphosa's investment envoys and other officials in June 2018. They were suprised by the story in the Sunday Times, eight months later, the report says.
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South Africa: Ramaphosa's Relations With West Sour On Eve of State of Nation Address
Daily Maverick, 3 February 2019
Cyril Ramaphosa's policy of balanced global relationships hit the skids on Sunday when international relations minister Lindiwe Sisulu issued a démarche, a serious step in… Read more »
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South Africa: Investor Countries' June 2018 Memo to Pretoria Sparks February 2019 Diplomatic Incident
Daily Maverick, 4 February 2019
Five of the largest countries investing in South Africa informed Pretoria - in June 2018 - that President Cyril Ramaphosa's investment drive could suffer if it didn't apply… Read more »
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South Africa: Statement on Memorandum by Embassies of the U.S., UK, the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland
Department of International Relations and Cooperation, 3 February 2019
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) notes with disappointment the dispatching of a Memorandum to the Office of The Presidency by the Embassies of the… Read more »
InFocus
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Sinoxolo Hlabanzana was detained with his aunt and sent to a detention centre run by the company now in the midst of a major South African corruption scandal. He soon developed a ... Read more »
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Former Bosasa chief operations officer, Angelo Agrizzi, has started giving evidence at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry, which is investigating allegations of corruption and fraud ... Read more »
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A report from the National Treasury has exposed the level of corruption at power utility Eskom and Transnet, as well as the influence former home affairs minister Malusi Giga had ... Read more »
