Andile Lungisa flip flops on Cyril Ramaphosa

'Not many saw that Trump ended up conceding'

- By Mawande AmaShabalala

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s critic, Andile Lungisa, has surprisingly spoken glowingly about him following South Africa’s dramatic visit to the White House this week.

Lungisa, also a member of ANC national executive committee and part of the party’s subcommittee on international relations, told Sunday World that Ramaphosa handled the joint media engagement with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday well.

Lungisa believes no one could have handled the hostile situation better than Ramaphosa and says those criticising him are doing so from a position of ignorance.

According to Lungisa, Ramaphosa did well by not trying to match Donald Trump’s excitement and allowing the host to speak more.

“President Ramaphosa was not the host. In the diplomatic space, you take the tune from the host, and the host decides when you must speak and for how long.