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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the African National Congress national conference in Johannesburg on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. The conference will elect the party's leadership and adopt key policies for governing the country. President Cyril Ramaphosa is seeking reelection as the party's leader at the national conference which is held every five years and is the ANC's highest decision-making body. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) **FILE**

South Africa’s Ramaphosa prepares for headwinds in State of the Nation address

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa cuts a cake with supporters at the Dr Molemela stadium in Mangaung, South Africa, Sunday, Jan 8, 2023. The ANC marks its 111st anniversary with celebratory events in Mangaung, Free State province, where the organization was founded in 1912. (AP Photo)

South African leader skips Davos amid electricity crisis

By Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa looks on during the final report of a judicial investigation into corruption at Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, on June 22, 2022. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to meet U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday. Aides say that the South African leader will stress the importance of holding talks between Russia and Ukraine. Ramaphosa is among the African leaders who have maintained a neutral stance on the war, with South Africa abstaining from a United Nations vote condemning Russia’s actions. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South African president to meet with Biden on Friday

By Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press

A coffin is prepared to be taken to a symbolic funeral in Scenery Park, East London South Africa, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is to attend the funeral in East London Wednesday for 21 teenagers who died in a mysterious tragedy at a tavern almost two weeks ago. A large tent has been erected for the service expected to be attended by hundreds of grieving family members and residents of East London’s Scenery Park township. (AP Photo)

South African president decries deaths of 21 teens in tavern

By Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, center, walks with South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa after the official welcoming ceremony at the Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

German chancellor discusses Ukraine war in South Africa

By Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the media after meeting with his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday Nov. 23, 2021. Ramaphosa is receiving treatment for mild COVID-19 symptoms after testing positive for the disease, his office said Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

South Africa’s president tests positive for the coronavirus amid omicron spike

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A man is vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Hillbrow Clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday Dec. 6, 2021. The new omicron variant appears to be driving a dramatic surge in South Africa, providing the world a glimpse of where the pandemic might be headed. (AP Photo/Shiraaz Mohamed)

South African hospitals prepare for COVID-19 patients from omicron

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the media after meeting with his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday Nov. 23, 2021. Travel restrictions imposed on South Africa and other African nations for telling the world about the omicron variant are hypocritical, harsh and not supported by science, South Africa's president said Monday, recalling the phrase used by the U.N. chief, who called such measures “travel apartheid.” (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Leaders: Africa’s COVID-19 fight is vital for world security

By Carley Petesch - Associated Press

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appears on behalf of the ruling African National Congress party at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into state corruption in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, April 29, 2021. Ramaphosa says rampant corruption has seriously damaged South Africa’s economy and people’s trust in the government. (Kim Ludbrook/Pool via AP)

Ramaphosa denies wrong in raising election campaign funds

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

FILE — In this Friday, March 26, 2021 file photo, healthcare workers queue to receive a dose of Johnson &amp; Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. In a television address to the nation Tuesday, March 30, 2021, Presidential Cyril Ramaphosa outlined the progress and the future of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and put in place some minor restrictions for the Easter weekend. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, file)

South Africa bans liquor sales over Easter to prevent surge

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

A refrigerator truck transports Johnson &amp; Johnson COVID-19 vaccines from O.R. Tambo International Airport to a storage facility in Johannesburg, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. South Africa is preparing to give its first COVID-19 vaccinations — shots of the Johnson &amp; Johnson vaccine still being tested — to health care workers this week. (AP Photo/Shiraaz Mohamed)

A joke, a jab: South Africa starts vaccinating with leader

By GERALD IMRAY and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his fifth State of the Nation Address to a restricted parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. Prior to his address Ramaphosa lit a candle for the some 46,000 people who have died from COVID-19 in the country. (Esa Alexander/Pool via AP)

South Africa’s Ramaphosa urges support for vaccination drive

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

A woman walks past a coronavirus-themed mural promoting the use of face mask in public place, in Sebokeng, Vereeniging, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South Africa welcomes first delivery of COVID-19 vaccines

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

FILE — In this Friday, April 24, 2020 file photo, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visits a field hospital in Johannesburg. Ramaphosa has announced he has gone into quarantine after coming into contact with a dinner guest who has tested positive for COVID-19. He came into contact with a guest at a dinner of 35 people in Johannesburg last weekend, the president's spokesman said Wednesday, Oct. 28. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

South Africa’s president criticizes ‘vaccine nationalism’

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

A patient wearing an oxygen mask is treated in a makeshift emergency unit at Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, which is battling an ever-increasing number of Covid-19 patients. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

African Union buys 270 million vaccine doses for continent

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press