Ramaphosa: South Africa can’t be fully free unless Palestine achieves freedom

Ramaphosa: South Africa can’t be fully free unless Palestine achieves freedom

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the majority of his country’s people, as well as the government and the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, support the Palestinian people’s struggle for freedom.

“We are following in the footsteps of Nelson Mandela, who said to us and taught us that …our freedom will not be complete until the freedom of the Palestinians is also achieved,” Ramaphosa told soccer fans at the “Football for Humanity” match between Palestine and South Africa in Cape Town on Sunday.

“So we, too, are not entirely free until the Palestinians are free… we will stand by them and will struggle with them (and) that’s why we went to International Court of Justice (ICJ),” he said amid loud cheers from fans at the Athlone Stadium in Cape Town.

South Africa hosted the Palestine national team in Cape Town for the Football for Humanity game, which pitted them against South Africa’s Western Cape XI invitational team. The game ended with one goal scored by the hosts.