SA, Rwanda cracks show as Kagame absent from Zuma inauguration
Mail & Guardian Online - 3 hours ago
As relations between SA and Rwanda turn sour, Rwanda's president Paul
Kagame was not at Jacob Zuma's inauguration at the Union Buildings in
Pretoria.

Rwanda's president Paul Kagame was conspicuously absent from Jacob
Zuma's inauguration as South Africa's president at the Union Buildings
in Pretoria. Zuma will be sworn in as state president for the second
term.
Kagame attended Zuma's inauguration in 2009 and former president Thabo
Mbeki's one in 2004, but relations between South Africa and Rwanda
have turned sour under Zuma's leadership.
Spokesperson for department of international relations and
co-operation (Dirco) Clayson Monyela said Kagame could not attend the
inauguration because he is hosting a conference in his country.
"His deputy is here. He was invited, but is hosting a conference with
Central African Republic and Gabon," Monyela said. Rwanda had until
May 23 been hosting the African Development Bank annual meetings in
the capital Kigali.
Kagame then travelled to Libreville, Gabon, to attend the New York
Forum Africa, to discuss Africa's economic and business issues. South
Africa however failed to mention Rwanda when government issued a list
of countries it said would be represented at the level of head of
state and government such as "president, prime minister or royalty".
'Backwards' SA
Earlier this year South Africa expelled three Rwandan diplomats after
linking them to acts of threatening the lives of exiled Rwandans, the
latest being an "attempted hit" on former Rwandan army chief Faustin
Nyamwasa at his Johannesburg home. Rwanda responded by expelling six
South African diplomats from Kigali.
In the good days Kagame attended inaugurations of South African
presidents and in 2009 said in a media statement released by his
office that Rwanda looked forward to "continued co-operation with
South Africa and to strengthening the partnerships in education,
health and capacity building, land management, police and defence".
Also at Saturday's inauguration, Zambia was represented by its
vice-president Guy Scott, who last year famously said Zuma was like
former apartheid leader FW de Klerk and that South Africans were
"backward". International Relations and Co-operation Minister Maite
Nkoana-Mashabane said the countries attending the inauguration would
celebrate with South Africa as the country marks 20 years of freedom
and democracy.
Mmanaledi Mataboge is the Mail & Guardian's political editor.
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