ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned US actions in Venezuela. African National Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa has strongly condemned the United States’ actions inVenezuela, saying South Africa “utterly rejects” Washington’s conduct and calls for immediate release of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Speaking at the 31st annual Joe Slovo commemoration held at Avalon Cemetery in Soweto on Tuesday,Ramaphosa said South Africa demanded the immediate release of Maduro and his wife, following their detention by US forces.
Joe Slovo, a former housing minister and commander of the ANC’s armed wing, Umkhonto weSizwe, died on January 6, 1995. Ramaphosa praised Slovo as an internationalist who fought not only for the liberation of South Africans, but for oppressed people across the continent and the world. “He did not only fight for the liberation of the people of South Africa, but for the people of our continent and for people across the world,” Ramaphosa said. He said Slovo’s principles continued to guide the ANC’s international outlook.
