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26-05-2025
- Politics
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ATM criticises Ramaphosa's US visit, asserting South Africa is not a colony
African Transformation Movement (ATM) president Vuyo Zungula has sharply criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa's recent visit to the United States Image: Oupa Mokoena / Independent Newspapers African Transformation Movement (ATM) president Vuyo Zungula sharply criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa's recent visit to the United States of America, which aimed to ease diplomatic tensions and boost trade relations between the two countries. Ramaphosa and his delegation met with the US President Donald Trump at the White House earlier this week. During the meeting, Trump showed a video falsely claiming it depicted a mass grave for white farmers. He also played clips of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema and others singing the struggle song "Dubula ibhunu," which he claimed was evidence that white farmers were being persecuted in South Africa Ramaphosa denied these claims, saying that the government does not support such views and insisted that violence affects all communities in the country. Despite what has been described as an "ambush", Ramaphosa said the talks went well and expressed hope that Trump would attend the G20 summit in South Africa in December. 'My takeaway from that is that G20 participation by the United States is going to be happening. So I'm particularly pleased with that,' he said. Addressing thousands of party supporters in Mangaung at Dr Petrus Molemela Stadium in Bloemfontein, Zungula criticised the visit, saying South Africa was not a colony of the US. "We make no apology as the ATM and the MK [uMkhonto weSizwe party] when we say South Africa is not a colony of the United States. Under the leadership of ATM and MK, you will never see a president flying to America to justify our domestic decisions," Zungula said He also accused the government of going to beg and plead for approval from the US instead of standing firm on South Africa's sovereignty.
IOL News
25-05-2025
- Politics
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ATM's Zungula slams Ramaphosa for ‘begging' in US: ‘South Africa is not a colony'
African Transformation Movement (ATM) president Vuyo Zungula has sharply criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa's recent visit to the United States Image: Oupa Mokoena / Independent Newspapers African Transformation Movement (ATM) president Vuyo Zungula sharply criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa's recent visit to the United States of America, which aimed to ease diplomatic tensions and boost trade relations between the two countries. Ramaphosa and his delegation met with the US President Donald Trump at the White House earlier this week. During the meeting, Trump showed a video falsely claiming it depicted a mass grave for white farmers. He also played clips of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema and others singing the struggle song "Dubula ibhunu," which he claimed was evidence that white farmers were being persecuted in South Africa Ramaphosa denied these claims, saying that the government does not support such views and insisted that violence affects all communities in the country. Despite what has been described as an "ambush", Ramaphosa said the talks went well and expressed hope that Trump would attend the G20 summit in South Africa in December. 'My takeaway from that is that G20 participation by the United States is going to be happening. So I'm particularly pleased with that,' he said. Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Next Stay Close ✕ 'We are making no apology as the ATM and MK Party when we say, we are not a colony of the USA under the leadership of @ATMovement_SA and @MkhontoweSizwex you'll never see a president going to America and having to explain why are we taking decisions' Vuyo Zungula — News Live SA (@newslivesa) May 24, 2025 Addressing thousands of party supporters in Mangaung at Dr Petrus Molemela Stadium in Bloemfontein, Zungula criticised the visit, saying South Africa was not a colony of the US. "We make no apology as the ATM and the MK [uMkhonto weSizwe party] when we say South Africa is not a colony of the United States. Under the leadership of ATM and MK, you will never see a president flying to America to justify our domestic decisions," Zungula said He also accused the government of going to beg and plead for approval from the US instead of standing firm on South Africa's sovereignty.
