Sisulu Foundation blasts Ramaphosa’s handling of Rasool’s expulsion

‘A betrayal of the values the liberation struggle was built on’

- By Queenin Masuabi

The Sisulu Foundation for Social Justice has come out swinging at President Cyril Ramaphosa for how he handled the expulsion of Ebrahim Rasool from the US and the presidency’s apprehension about renaming Sandton Drive.

In a fiery statement addressing these issues, the foundation, which was founded in honour of struggle icons Walter and Albertina Sisulu, believes that Ramaphosa’s statements regarding the US are skewed towards appeasing foreign powers instead of protecting the nation.

The foundation deems Ramaphosa’s actions a “misstep” and a “betrayal of the values our liberation struggle was built upon”.

“The current approach, however, is so compromised that it’s difficult to distinguish between the agenda of the US State Department and the South African Presidency; as it currently stands, it doesn’t look clear. South Africans did not elect their government to serve as a proxy for American interests in Africa,” the statement read.