{"id":767828,"date":"2022-01-27T05:40:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T05:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/27\/zambias-hichilema-in-sa-as-a-guest-speaker-at-a-private-function-says-presidency\/"},"modified":"2022-01-27T05:40:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T05:40:07","slug":"zambias-hichilema-in-sa-as-a-guest-speaker-at-a-private-function-says-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/27\/zambias-hichilema-in-sa-as-a-guest-speaker-at-a-private-function-says-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambia\u2019s Hichilema in SA as a guest speaker at a private function, says Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PRETORIA \u2013 President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday received Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema, who paid him a courtesy visit at the Mahlamba Ndlopfu official residence in Tshwane.<\/p>\n
The Presidency clarified that Hichilema is visiting South Africa as an invited guest speaker at a private function.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cPresident Hichilema\u2019s courtesy call on President Ramaphosa provided an opportunity for bilateral discussions between South Africa and Zambia ahead of an inaugural bi-national commission scheduled for later this year,\u201d said acting Presidency spokesperson Tyrone Seale.<\/p>\n
He said the meeting also touched on regional issues, reaffirming South Africa and Zambia\u2019s common international policy of a stable and peaceful continent.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis shared approach includes the use of multilateral bodies to advance the African Agenda and that of the global South, and the collective solidarity of the SADC community in the fight against terrorism and insurgencies,\u201d Seale said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\nPRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has paid a courtesy visit to President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: GCIS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Ramaphosa commended Zambia\u2019s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, reasserting that developing countries must have equity in developing and distributing vaccines.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe two leaders also noted progress in the establishment of facilities in Africa for the production of vaccines and other therapeutics that will reach populations around the continent,\u201d Seale said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe leaders identified the need for South Africa and Zambia to keep one another abreast of investment opportunities in each country and to actively encourage business to invest in areas of mutual benefit for regional development, such as in mineral beneficiation, local manufacturing and agriculture.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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South Africa and Zambia enjoy cordial bilateral relations, underpinned by strong historical and political bonds that date back to the era of the liberation struggle and apartheid colonialism.<\/p>\n
PRETORIA \u2013 President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday received Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema, who paid him a courtesy visit at the Mahlamba Ndlopfu official residence in Tshwane. The Presidency clarified that Hichilema is visiting South Africa as an invited guest speaker at a private function. \u201cPresident Hichilema\u2019s courtesy call on President Ramaphosa provided an opportunity for bilateral […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":767829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-767828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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