The DA wants answers on how much the president's peace mission to Europe will cost taxpayers. In a statement on Saturday, DA leader John Steenhuisen called Cyril Ramaphosa's diplomatic trip to Poland, Ukraine and Russia a disgrace. | IamAlexSweet
President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in St Petersburg in the Russian Federation for the continuation of the African Peace Mission to the Ukraine and Russia conflict.The DA's John Steenhuisen wants to know how much President Cyril Ramaphosa's peacekeeping trip to Europe will cost taxpayers.He said the mission, which left the Presidency's delegation stranded on a tarmac in Poland airport, was 'sheer incompetence'.
Steenhuisen said he would also want to know from Ramaphosa where he stood with the cries of racism levelled at Polish authorities by his security chief, Wally Rhoode. "Covering up its own incompetence by shouting ‘racism’ is something the ANC is used to at home. But on the global stage, it will simply hasten our country's return to a pariah state."
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