In an escalation of SA’s diplomatic fallout with the US, President Cyril Ramaphosa has criticised Washington’s warning of an expected terrorist attack in Sandton on Saturday as “unfortunate” and pre-emptive.

“It is quite unfortunate the US issued that type of warning without having any type of discussion with us,” Ramaphosa said during a media conference with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in Pretoria on Thursday...

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