Mahatma Ghandi Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/mahatma-ghandi/ The low down on African affairs Thu, 07 Jul 2016 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 Mahatma Ghandi Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/mahatma-ghandi/ 32 32 Love fest without questions for Modi and Zuma https://jjcornish.com/2016/07/love-fest-without-questions-modi-zuma/ Thu, 07 Jul 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2016/07/love-fest-without-questions-modi-zuma/ After two hours of talks in Pretoria today President Jacob Zuma and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi elected not to take questions from the media. They read statements underlining close and growing ties and left to speak to a business forum in Johannesburg. ends intro The spirit of two great leaders Mahatma Ghandi and Nelson […]

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]]> After two hours of talks in Pretoria today President Jacob Zuma and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi elected not to take questions from the media.
They read statements underlining close and growing ties and left to speak to a business forum in Johannesburg.
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The spirit of two great leaders Mahatma Ghandi and Nelson Mandela was repeated invoked by visiting Indian premier Narendra Modi and his host President Jacob Zuma.
(take in Modi clip here)
Both spoke about cooperating on the Indian Ocean Rim countries, which South Africa will chair next year, BRICS and the India, Brazil, South Africa grouping.
After the business forum on Johannesburg, Modi will address thousands of members of the Indian community in  Johannesburg.
Tomorrow he’ll visit Durban and Pietermaritzburg in the footsteps of Ghandi.

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]]> Narendra Modi arrives in South Africa for two-day visit https://jjcornish.com/2016/07/narendra-modi-arrives-south-africa-two-day-visit/ Thu, 07 Jul 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2016/07/narendra-modi-arrives-south-africa-two-day-visit/ Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet President Jacob Zuma on the second leg of an African tour aimed at boosting ties in a region where rival China has a strong presence. Modi, who arrived from Mozambique, will head on to Tanzania and Kenya with an itinerary aimed at demonstrating India’s engagement in the continent. […]

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]]> Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet President Jacob Zuma on the second leg of an

African tour aimed at boosting ties in a region where rival China has a strong

presence.

Modi, who arrived from Mozambique, will head on to Tanzania and Kenya with an

itinerary aimed at demonstrating India’s engagement in the continent.

Ahead of his arrival last night Premier Narendra Modi said  South Africa is an important strategic partner, with whom India’s  ties are

historical and deep-rooted.

Modi will attend a thousands-strong Indian diaspora gathering in Johannesburg  before visiting Durban and Pietermaritzburg tomorrow.

He’ll honour the 20 years that

independence hero Mahatma Gandhi spent in the country as a lawyer and activist

campaigning for the rights of Indian people.

India’s South Africa’s sixth-largest trading partner, with two-way trade

currently reaching $5.3 billion a year.

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