Stevens Mokgalapa Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/stevens-mokgalapa/ The low down on African affairs Sun, 26 Apr 2015 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 Stevens Mokgalapa Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/stevens-mokgalapa/ 32 32 Political parties fear South Africa-Nigeria diplomatic rupture https://jjcornish.com/2015/04/political-parties-fear-south-africa-nigeria-diplomatic-rupture/ Sun, 26 Apr 2015 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2015/04/political-parties-fear-south-africa-nigeria-diplomatic-rupture/ South Africa’s political parties have responded with concern to the rupture in diplomatic relations with Nigeria. They fear it could spread to other African countries as a result of the xenophobic violence in South Africa aimed at nationals from neighbouring states. ends intro Spokesman for the ruling ANC Zizi Kodwa says it will take years to […]

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]]> South Africa’s political parties have responded with concern to the rupture in diplomatic relations with Nigeria.
They fear it could spread to other African countries as a result of the xenophobic violence in South Africa aimed at nationals from neighbouring states.
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Spokesman for the ruling ANC Zizi Kodwa says it will take years to mend relations between South Africa and Nigeria following the removal of Abuja’s ambassador to Pretoria and the unprecedentedly angry response to this by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation.
Dennis Bloem of the Congress of Democrats fears other African countries might follow Nigeria’s example.
United Democratic Movement president Bantu Holomisa deplores what he calls the cheap politicking by both Nigeria and South Africa.
Democratic Alliance foreign affairs spokesman Stevens Mokgalapa says Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana Mashebane must come to parliament and spell out what South Africa’s doing to mend its ties with Africa’s largest economy and most populous nation.

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