South Africa’s government has expressed disapproval of a US alert warning of a possible terrorist attack in the former.
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa at a press conference on Thursday described as unfortunate the alert issued by the US which he said was done without consulting the South African government.
The US had Wednesday warned of a possible terrorist attack on Saturday in South Africa.
“The US government has received information that terrorists may be planning to conduct an attack targeting large gatherings of people at an unspecified location in the greater Sandton area of Johannesburg, South Africa, on 29 October 2022,” the US said in a statement.
In his reaction, President Ramaphosa said, “It is quite unfortunate the US issued that type of warning without having any type of discussion with us.”
“Any form of alert will come from the government of the Republic of South Africa and it is unfortunate that another government should issue such a…
