Other Africans stood by SA in its darkest hours, says Ramaphosa

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The president gave an impassioned, televised speech to the nation, calling for calm amid the ongoing gender-based and xenophobic violence

President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: GCIS/ELMOND JIYANE

In a televised address to the nation on Thursday evening, Ramaphosa spoke out against recent incidents of gender-based violence and the “deeply traumatising” attacks on foreign nationals. “The debris of several days of violence and looting continues to litter many of the streets of our country. People have lost their lives ... families have been traumatised and livelihoods destroyed,” Ramaphosa said.Content hosted by iono.fm

 

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