President Cyril Ramaphosa Plans to Double Wine Exports to UK and Increase Investments, SA Divided by Remarks

• President Cyril Ramaphosa plans to increase the number of exports of South African wines to the United Kingdom
• Ramaphosa met with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead of his session at the SA-UK Business Roundtable
• Ramaphosa said despite the country’s constraints, specifically loadshedding, steps are in place to iron out the issues

LONDON - President Cyril Ramaphosa has seemingly impressed business leaders in the United Kingdom during his visit to the country.

He said South Africa has been implementing changes to boost confidence. Ramaphosa met with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Number 10 Downing Street to discuss trade and investment opportunities on Wednesday, 23 November.

The pair discussed the possibility of exporting more South African wines to the UK. Ramaphosa said he had put forward “very keen proposals” for increasing wine exports.

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The president said South Africa wants to double its wine exports at no added cost to the UK government. He said the move would bring joy and happiness to South Africa, according to TimesLIVE.

During his session at the SA-UK Business Roundtable, Ramaphosa said despite the country’s constraints, specifically loadshedding, steps are in place to iron out the issues. He said South Africa had accelerated the procurement of renewable energy.

Ramaphosa also said the country is strengthening police and security services to respond to economic crimes. According to BusinessTech, the UK is the largest foreign investor in South Africa, and exports to the country support an estimated 134,000 South African jobs.

Citizens react to Ramaphosa’s remarks:

Liz Parry said:

“Another talk and no action! Like Eskom etc etc etc, great at talking!”

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Peter Fx commented:

“He’s representing us very well.”

Keith Morris posted:

“Man of too many words and absolutely no action. Investors wait and see; the ANC employ racist policy for self-enrichment and cannot be taken at their word.”

Clif Ford wrote:

“My president, make us proud.”

Keith Harding stated:

“Who will invest in a country where the power is off most of the time? CR is living in lala land.”

Hlomla Wellem added:

“Carry on Pres Ramaphosa, your haters will never see anything good from you no matter how good it might be.”

Floyd Shivambu berates Ramaphosa for abiding by British royal family’s dress code, says the EFF would never

Briefly News also reported that President Cyril Ramaphosa is being harshly criticised for his state visit to the United Kingdom. The president was in the UK for a two-day state visit and spent some time with King Charles III.

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Economic Freedom Fighters deputy president Floyd Shivambu is the latest person to jump on the bandwagon criticising Ramaphosa’s time in the UK.

In a Twitter post, Shivambu referred to Ramaphosa as a colonial subject who was given a dress code at a banquet held by King Charles in honour of the president. The Red Berets deputy went on to say that his party members would never do such a thing.

Source: Briefly News