LETTER: Cyril Ramaphosa has bigger fish to fry at home
President does not need to mediate for the Ethiopians. SA has enough problems to keep him busy
22 January 2020 - 15:21
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed may have been flattering President Cyril Ramaphosa when he asked him recently to mediate the water dispute between Ethiopia and Egypt. But his suggestion was misguided on several fronts.
Fractious ANC infighting has “grounded” Ramaphosa, the seriousness of which is illustrated by his no-show at both Davos and the UK-Africa investment summit in London. Saving the SA economy must be his only concern and focus must not be dissipated through undertaking foreign prestige missions, as predecessors Thabo Mbeki and even Jan Smuts were prone to do, with predictable results...
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