Ghana, not South Africa, moved to defer Ramaphosa visit over Xenophobic attacks — Cables back Govt account
Ghana, not South Africa, moved to defer a planned by President Cyril Ramaphosa once xenophobic attacks on Ghanaian nationals intensified, the government has said, pushing back on suggestions that the country was reacting to a snub from South Africa.
In it, Ghana informs the South African High Commission in Accra that "due to state exigencies it has been deemed appropriate to postpone" the Third Session of the Ghana-South Africa Bi-National Commission, which had been confirmed for August 4–7 in Accra, adding that it would be "rescheduled to a mutually convenient date in due course.
Minister for Government Communications Felix Kwakye Ofosu told Joy FM's Midday News on Tuesday that the had been arranged well before the recent wave of violence against African migrants in South Africa.
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