Speaking at a memorial lecture in honour of Africa Day in Thembisa, Ekurhuleni, over the weekend, Shivambu argued that Ramaphosa’s approach to the meeting undermined SA’s power and potential on the global stage.  

“We decried the very unfortunate misrepresentation of SA by Mr Cyril Ramaphosa in America,” Shivambu stated.

“The manner, the demeanour, the mannerisms, the way he approached that was humiliating and embarrassing, to all black people in SA, across the African continent, and in the African diaspora. We cannot continue to display colonial attitudes towards former colonial masters.”  

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