Joint Rwanda and S. Africa team to guide efforts to mend relations

Paul Kagame and Cyril Ramaphosa.

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame and South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa directed mending of relations between the two countries over a year ago. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

Foreign affairs ministers from Rwanda and South Africa have been tasked with ending a decade-long political stalemate, fuelled by South Africa hosting exiled Rwandan dissents.

Last week, South Africa’s Minister for International Relations and Co-operation, Naledi Pandor hosted Rwanda’s Vincent Biruta, as part of efforts to mend the broken relations between Pretoria and Kigali.