S. AFRICA OPPOSITION PARTIES PROTEST ZELENSKY VISIT
Rainy weather was not enough to stop South African political opposition members from protesting the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on 24 April.
Economic Freedom Fighters (@effsouthafrica) and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party (@MkhontoweSizwex on X, @mkhontowesizweofficial on IG) gathered outside the Union Buildings, the office of the South African president in the capital, Pretoria, where a meeting took place between the Ukrainian leader and his host, President Cyril Ramaphosa.
They carried placards denouncing Ramaphosa for hosting Zelensky, who they accused of being a NATO puppet and an agent of imperialism.
The visit, Zelensky's first to the country and the continent as president, has been controversial since Ramaphosa's office announced it in February.
In early April, the South African Communist Party (SACP), a long-term ally of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), had called on Ramaphosa to cancel Zelensky's invitation, describing it as 'ill-considered.' The party also warned that the visit risked putting South Africa on the 'wrong side of history and the global class struggle.'
However, the government remains adamant that the visit was necessary in the search for a peaceful resolution to the Russia-Ukraine war.
Video credits: @PresidencyZA (X), @NatashaN_Phiri (X), @SABCnews (X), @ewnreporter
Image credit: ManuelElias / UN
Sources
https://x.com/SABCNews/status/1915628207715295574
https://www.ewn.co.za/2025/04/06/govt-extending-invite-to-zelensky-was-ill-considered-says-sacp
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