ANC chairman Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/anc-chairman/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 25 Mar 2019 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 ANC chairman Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/anc-chairman/ 32 32 Ramaphosa to speak at Western Sahara summit https://jjcornish.com/2019/03/ramaphosa-to-speak-at-western-sahara-summit/ Mon, 25 Mar 2019 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2019/03/ramaphosa-to-speak-at-western-sahara-summit/ President Cyril Ramaphosa welcomes international counterparts to a summit in Pretoria designed to show solidarity with the Western Sahara struggle for self determination and an end to Moroccan occupation. The gathering, hosted by the regional grouping SADC, has drawn participation from 28 countries. At the ministerial meeting, the point was repeated made that international solidarity […]

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]]> President Cyril Ramaphosa welcomes international counterparts to a summit in Pretoria designed to show solidarity with the Western Sahara struggle for self determination and an end to Moroccan occupation.

The gathering, hosted by the regional grouping SADC, has drawn participation from 28 countries.

At the ministerial meeting, the point was repeated made that international solidarity had been effective in ending colonialism and apartheid.

Morocco, which is responsible for the last act of colonialism in Africa, has tried to deflect attention from this summit by holding a meeting on Western Sahara in Marrakesh.

ANC chairman Gwede Mantashe says Morocco’s  tactic of using the proceeds from stolen Western Sahara resources to buy influence is not surprising.

“I would have expected that from Morocco., because they are exploiting Western Sahara resources. They are using them to by support and they are succeeding,” he said

The Marrakesh meeting broke up yesterday.

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