ANC's Mbalula hits back at Ramaphosa detractors following Trump visit
Ramaphosa met with his United States counterpart, President Donald Trump, at the White House in May in a bid to reset bilateral ties between Pretoria and Washington.
ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula briefs the media at Luthuli House on 6 December 2024. Picture: ANC
JOHANNESBURG – African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has hit back at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s detractors following the highly publicised visit to Washington, DC, almost two weeks ago.
Ramaphosa met with his United States (US) counterpart, President Donald Trump, at the White House in May in a bid to reset bilateral ties between Pretoria and Washington.
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The visit came after a small group of Afrikaners relocated to the US, claiming to be persecuted in their home country.
The false claims of genocide in South Africa sent Ramaphosa and his delegation of ministers, business leaders, golfers and labour leaders into a charm offensive.
Speaking at the funeral service of Andile Zita in the Eastern Cape on Sunday, Mbalula told mourners that the South African delegation did well under the circumstances.
"The president went abroad to that mental case in America, with many saying: 'No, don’t beg him, don’t beg him'. How can he not 'beg' him? Because if that person does something else like this, lots of work done will collapse. The mental case carried on displaying befitting behaviour and the president composed himself."