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Ramaphosa Backtracks On "Erroneous" ICC Statement, De Ruyter To Testify To Parliament

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  • South Africa's authorities backtracked on an earlier statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that the ruling ANC party backed a plan to withdraw from the International Criminal Court. The announcement came as the country prepares to host a BRICS summit in August and has extended an invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a subsequent statement, the ANC cited a resolution adopted in December to rescind a plan to leave the ICC. Separately, Ramaphosa's spokesman said that the President had not said that "South Africa will withdraw from the ICC," adding that "this clarification follows an error in a comment made during a media briefing held by the governing ANC on South Africa's status with regard to the ICC. Regrettably, the President erroneously affirmed a similar position."
  • Ramaphosa issued the "erroneous" remarks during a joint media briefing with his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto. TimesLive reports that the two leaders spent much time discussing Russia's war on Ukraine but could not come to agreement. Ramaphosa reaffirmed South Africa's "non-aligned" position, while Niinisto condemned Moscow for launching an invasion. When asked about the potential to arrest Putin under the ICC warrant, Ramaphosa dodged the question, noting that the Court's position "is under consideration and discussion" in South Africa.
  • Former Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter will testify to lawmakers today. Several media outlets have seen the presentation he will give to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA), in which he claims that his estimate that Eskom loses ZAR1bn every month due to corruption was "conservative." De Ruyter will also tell MPs that he took all the steps to inform law enforcement authorities about theft at the utility.
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