Lamola calls for calm in Mozambique ahead of SADC summit

South Africa was always concerned that strife in a neighbouring country could spill over to its soil, the international relations minister said

Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.“We will continue to call for calm. Whatever protests must happen within the ambit of the law, without destruction of property,” he told a media briefing.

He said South Africa was naturally concerned that conflict in any neighbouring state would spill over to its territory. “So at the end that will be the body entrusted by Mozambican laws to pronounce on the outcomes of the elections and we will then be able to take it from there. So we call for all parties to allow the court to consider and make a final determination.”

“So we have not gone out of the way to protect our friends from Frelimo, as is being insinuated. We have just stuck to the process. We can’t not do what is the norm because we will be seen to protect our friends,” he said.

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