Department of International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor said Hamas had requested her to call its leader because international calls could not be made due to low bandwidth and other prohibitions at the time.
CAPE TOWN - Department of International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor has again had to explain her phone call to Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh last month, this time in Parliament.
Pandor said she had agreed to speak to Hamas at its request to determine how South Africa could get humanitarian aid into Gaza.She has reiterated that the government is prepared to play a mediatory role that could end the killing of innocent civilians in the Palestinian territory. "I spoke to that gentleman Mr Haniyeh. I did not express any support for the atrocious action that had occurred on the 7th of October and it is that that I’ve said is totally untrue."
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