Karegeya murder: SA opens inquest, issuance of visas still in abeyance
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Paul Kagame of Rwanda in Kigali on March 20, 2018. South Africa and Rwanda are working to resume ties. PHOTO | RWANDA PRESIDENCY
South Africa has ordered an inquest into the murder in 2014 of Col Patrick Karegeya, a former head of Rwanda’s External Intelligence, a move that could delay the restoration of full diplomatic ties between the two countries.
Relations between the two soured after Col Karegeya’s murder and a second attempt on the life of former army Chief of Staff, Lt Gen Kayumba Nyamwasa in March 2014, when South Africa openly rebuked Rwanda and expelled three Rwandan diplomats. Rwanda retaliated by sending home six South African diplomats.
