US to engage more with SA after Ramaphosa’s visit

The US is not interested in Africa to counter Russia or China nor will Washington dictate to South Africa or any African country who its partners should be, US Ambassador to South African Reuben E Brigety II has said. Instead, the Biden Administration recognised the need to double its systematic high-level engagement with SA so the two countries could close the gap of disagreement between them. In future there would be a series of diplomatic visits. Brigety praised the easy camaraderie that emerged between US President Joe Biden and President Cyril Ramaphosa during Ramaphosa’s recent “fantastic visit” to New York....