South Africa clarifies – We didn’t request for a state visit to Ghana

Government sources have told Ghana Business News that the Ghana government had rejected a request by the South African government for a state by President Ramaphosa scheduled for August 2 to 4, 2026 citing xenophobia and Afrophobia in South Africa which led to the killing of Ghanaian national, 40-year-old Bashiru Isak in Cape Town’s Khayelitsha township.

Magwenya also pointed out that for South Africa, deepening cooperation between his country and Ghana is not only in the national interest of the two sister nations, but also crucial to advancing the African Agenda.“Bilateral Cooperation between South Africa and Ghana is coordinated through a Bi-National Commission which was established in 2019.