Presidential Push: Ramaphosa En Route To Japan For #RWC2019

Riyaz Patel

President Cyril Ramaphosa has departed for Japan to watch the Springboks take on England in the Rugby World Cup final Saturday.

The much needed ‘break’ follows a gruelling Q&A session in Parliament Thursday, where the president fielded questions ranging from the state of the economy to land transformation to gender-based violence.

Ramaphosa will watch the final in Yokohama with Prime Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, a Japanese official said.

It will be Ramaphosa’s third visit to Japan this year, after the G20 summit in June, and the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in August.

His trip comes after the two-time world champions booked a place in the final with a nail-biting 19-16 win over Wales Sunday.

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