WATCH: ‘If Winde wants to meet his maker, he must try and touch Putin’ – Malema JuliusMalema AlanWinde VladimirPutin Russia
comments follow after South Africa was left with a diplomatic egg on its face when President Cyril Ramaphosa made a dramatic U-turn on Tuesday, on South Africa’s participation in the International Criminal Court .
In a late-night statement, the Presidency reaffirmed that SA remains a signatory to the Rome Statute of the ICC saying the governing“If the Russian leader sets foot in the Western Cape, we – as the provincial government – will have him arrested by our own Western Cape government-funded LEAP officers.African National Congress Secretary General Fikile Mbalula also said Winde does not have the power to stop anyone from coming to South Africa – including Putin.
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