Prez Ramaphosa sends special envoys to Ghana and six other African countries after being booed at Mugabe's funeral | Policy



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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent a special envoy composed of three officials to some seven African countries after he was booed at the funeral of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in Harare on Saturday. September 14th.

The special envoy of former Minister Jeff Radebe, Ambbadador Kingsley Mmabolo and Khulu Mbatha, former leader of the ruling African National Congress, will visit Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, Senegal, the Democratic Republic of Congo Congo and Zambia solidarity message and also inform the government of each country on the measures taken by South Africa to put an end to the xenophobic attacks.

"The special envoys will inform the governments of the African countries identified of the measures taken by the South African government to put an end to the attacks and hold the perpetrators accountable," read the communiqué of the South African presidency.

Remember that the South African president was booed while addressing mourners at Robert Mugabe's funeral service at the National Sports Stadium in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital. He apologized on behalf of the South Africans, but angry Zimbabweans told him that an apology was not enough. The Zimbabweans told him that they wanted his government to stop the perpetrators of the attack and ensure the protection of their foreign nationals.

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