Nosiviwe Mapisa Nqacula Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/nosiviwe-mapisa-nqacula/ The low down on African affairs Wed, 28 Feb 2018 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 Nosiviwe Mapisa Nqacula Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/nosiviwe-mapisa-nqacula/ 32 32 Ramaphosa makes his first foreign trip as President https://jjcornish.com/2018/03/ramaphosa-makes-first-foreign-trip-president/ Wed, 28 Feb 2018 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2018/03/ramaphosa-makes-first-foreign-trip-president/ President Cyril Ramaphosa undertakes his first foreign visit as head of state, calling on Angola, Namibia and Botswana. Ramaphosa’s the current chair of the regional Southern African Development Community. Angola currently heads SADC’s Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation. So Presidents Cyril Ramaphosa and Joao Lourenco have a heavy schedule of regional priorities to cover  […]

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]]> President Cyril Ramaphosa undertakes his first foreign visit as head of state, calling on Angola, Namibia and Botswana.

Ramaphosa’s the current chair of the regional Southern African Development Community.

Angola currently heads SADC’s Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation. So Presidents Cyril Ramaphosa and Joao Lourenco have a heavy schedule of regional priorities to cover  in Luanda tomorrow.

The South African President has first hand experience as regional mediator in Lesotho’s protracted political miasma.

Ramaphosa moves on to Windhoek for discussions with Namibian President Heine Giengob.

On Saturday, Ramaphosa will be in Gaborone, the site of the secretariat for the 15-nation grouping,  for talks with Botswana President Ian Khama.

He’ll be accompanied by his new Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Lindiwe

Sisulu and Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa Nqakula

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