South Africa Denies Presidential Role in Fani-Kayode Livestream Dispute
- On Friday, Nigerian High Commissioner Femi Fani-Kayode accused the South African Presidency of cutting his livestream during a credential presentation ceremony at the Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guest House in Pretoria, claiming he was the only one of 15 ambassadors excluded.
- South African presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya denied the allegation, stating the South African Broadcasting Corporation operates independently and the President carries no mandate to interfere in its editorial processes.
- Hours after the controversy, the South African Broadcasting Corporation uploaded the full ceremony video featuring Fani-Kayode's speech on its website; he declined a subsequent SABC News interview in protest.
- The Nigerian High Commission responded sharply, labeling Magwenya a "liar" and a "disgrace," while claiming Fani-Kayode was treated with contempt representing broader mistreatment of Nigeria.
- Relations between Nigeria and South Africa remain strained following a wave of xenophobic violence that broke out in April, which has been linked to the death of at least 12 Nigerians.
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Nigerian Mission hits back at Magwenya, insists Ramaphosa intervened
The Nigerian High Commission in South Africa has renewed its defence of newly accredited High Commissioner, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, insisting that President Cyril Ramaphosa personally intervened in the controversy surrounding the presentation of his diplomatic credentials. The mission was responding to South African Presidency spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, who accused Fani-Kayode of lying about Ramaphosa’s intervention […]
Fresh controversy as South African Presidency accuses...
South Africa and Nigeria have been drawn into a fresh diplomatic controversy after the spokesperson to President Cyril Ramaphosa accused Nigeria’s High Commission of lying over claims that the South African leader intervened in the omission of Ambassador Femi Fani-Kayode’s speech from a televised diplomatic ceremony. Vincent Magwenya, Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, said the President neither intervened nor had the constitutional authority to interfer…
Fani-Kayode, South African presidency clash over exclusion of Nigerian delegation from livestream
Femi Fani-Kayode, Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa, and the South African presidency have exchanged words over the alleged exclusion read more Fani-Kayode, South African presidency clash over exclusion of Nigerian delegation from livestream
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