ANC thinks a reinterpretation of what is can convert it into something else
13 February 2025 - 17:33
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President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks to MPs at a parliamentary debate on his state of the nation address in Cape Town, February 13 2025. Picture: REUTERS/ESA ALEXANDER
President Cyril Ramaphosa is sending a delegation overseas on a mission to “clarify SA’s foreign policy”, despite that it is what it is.
The ANC has a quaint, deluded arrogance, born from its domestic successes, that a reinterpretation of what is can convert it into something else.
No doubt US officials will be saying: “Oh, that’s all right then. Silly us. We thought you were allied with Russia, Iran and every other rogue state on the planet, support Hamas and the jihadist terrorism it represents, are hypocritically on the forefront of attacking Israel while ignoring real genocide and atrocities among your favoured friends, and go out of the way to bad-mouth America.”
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LETTER Foreign policy delusion
ANC thinks a reinterpretation of what is can convert it into something else
President Cyril Ramaphosa is sending a delegation overseas on a mission to “clarify SA’s foreign policy”, despite that it is what it is.
The ANC has a quaint, deluded arrogance, born from its domestic successes, that a reinterpretation of what is can convert it into something else.
No doubt US officials will be saying: “Oh, that’s all right then. Silly us. We thought you were allied with Russia, Iran and every other rogue state on the planet, support Hamas and the jihadist terrorism it represents, are hypocritically on the forefront of attacking Israel while ignoring real genocide and atrocities among your favoured friends, and go out of the way to bad-mouth America.”
Sydney Kaye
Via email
JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Send us an email with your comments to letters@businesslive.co.za. Letters of more than 300 words will be edited for length. Anonymous correspondence will not be published. Writers should include a daytime telephone number.
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