- President Cyril Ramaphosa has weighed in on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, calling for the dispute to be settled thru mediation in desire to the ‘barrel of the gun’. Writing in his weekly initiate letter to the overall public, the president mentioned that negotiation, dialogue and compromise would possibly perhaps perhaps well perhaps simply seem ‘out of touch’ – and even ‘fanciful’ – but that South Africa had attained democracy thru a negotiated settlement. Even earlier than the resolution being passed on the UN final week, talks between Russian and Ukrainian officers had already started, Ramaphosa mentioned. “South Africa anticipated that the UN resolution would fundamental welcome the graduation of dialogue between the parties and remark to create the circumstances for these talks to prevail.
- United States deputy secretary of reveal, Brian McKeon, says that the department left no diplomatic stone unturned when confronting the Russian invasion of Ukraine. McKeon spoke back to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recommendation that if US President Joe Biden had agreed to meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin unconditionally days earlier than the invasion, it could perchance had been averted. McKeon confused that South Africa abstaining from voting on the UN Classic Assembly to condemn Russia became once not seen by the US as endorsing the invasion. He added that the abstention wouldn’t impact US family with South Africa.
- SAA’s privatisation deal would possibly perhaps perhaps well perhaps stall, as transport minister Fikile Mbalula did not appoint two important air permitting councils that have to approve the deal. Approval is required from the South African World Air Licensing Council and the Domestic Air Licensing Council. Nonetheless, the terms of place of job of these councils expired in March 2021, and Mbalula did not appoint new place of job bearers. Aviation specialists imagine that the failure to nominate the councils became once a deliberate race to assist faraway from scrutiny of SAA after it came out of enterprise rescue in April final year. The airline resumed flying in September after 15 months on the ground. As a result of there became once no functioning council, SAA became once allowed to resume flights with out scrutiny. Here is especially the case the set the unutilised rights of reveal-owned airways like SA Categorical, SAA and Mango are not made obtainable to rivals and the a connected rivals cannot procure acclaim for new regional routes.
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Cyril Ramaphosa: The Audio Biography
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