JOHANNESBURG - A diplomatic storm is brewing as the Presidency rejects claims that South Africa is losing its footing on the global stage.
Presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya slammed the Ghanaian High Commission, accusing them of twisting an ordinary meeting into a false narrative.
“Even ordinary diplomatic exchanges over meetings have been deliberately misrepresented or distorted to create an impression that South Africa is being isolated," he said.
Mangwenya rejected these narratives and cautioned against what he called "peddling of misinformation against South Africa".
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Additionally, he further asserted that any campaign that seeks to misrepresent what South Africa is and represents will be rejected with the utmost contempt that it deserves.
“Recent evidence has shown that this false campaign, concerning as it is, is faltering. South Africa is not isolated. On the contrary, South Africa remains firmly engaged with our African continent as well as the rest of the world."