The president assured investors at the Financial Times Africa Summit in London that the country would, among others, review its immigration and visa regime to be more enabling to business.
President Cyril Ramaphosa met with stakeholders, including political parties, NGOs and traditional leaders.
Although the president’s visit is routine, he might find himself returning to his role as long time Southern African Development Community (SADC) facilitator in the kingdom.
Dewa Mavhinga from the Human Rights Watch says that President Cyril Ramaphosa has not done enough to restore calm in Zimbabwe as an SADC member and a neighbouring country leader.
David Coltart says that South Africa and the international community should be speaking out loud and clear in condemnation and they're not.
International allies and neighbours had struggled to come to a consensus after the poll that observers said was marred by a series of irregularities including malfunctioning voting machines and polling stations that opened late or closed early.
South Africa and Zambia backtracked within 24 hours of Sunday’s SADC statement and said they would not push for a recount.
Monitoring groups noted widespread irregularities including faulty voting machines and poorly run polling stations during the 30 December vote.
This comes after the Southern African Development Community election observation team issued its report saying the poll had been relatively well managed.
The one-day mini-summit was being staged in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, four days before problem-strewn elections in the neighbouring DRC.
Nelson Chamisa’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) alliance has raised concerns over the security around the ballot papers and the design ahead of the 30 July poll.
The president says he has confidence in Dikgang Moseneke’s experience and expertise in constitutionalism.
Ramaphosa says as chairperson of the organisation, he will be focusing more on the industrialisation of the region to ensure greater economic growth.
The president took time during his speech to reflect on the political impasse in Zimbabwe, saying that a stable sister country is crucial for all living in the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Home to around 298 million people, the region faces significant energy shortfalls.
The regional police guard protecting Thomas Thabane is about to be increased.
Political parties in the mountain kingdom failed to meet a Friday deadline for a fresh peace deal.
The president will meet with SADC leaders to discuss how to intervene & restore peace to Lesotho.
