{"id":27716,"date":"2026-03-04T12:28:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T10:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=27716"},"modified":"2026-03-04T12:28:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T10:28:51","slug":"sa-offers-to-mediate-in-middle-east-conflict-if-asked","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-offers-to-mediate-in-middle-east-conflict-if-asked\/","title":{"rendered":"SA offers to mediate in Middle East conflict if asked"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">South Africa (SA) is willing \u200bto play a mediating role \u200cin the Middle East conflict if asked, President Cyril Ramaphosa told local media on the \u200bsidelines of an energy conference \u200bin Cape Town Western Cape Province.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">&#8220;SA is always \u2060ready to play a contributing role, \u200beither in mediation or whatever. And \u200bif a gap opens or if we are asked, we always live up to our \u200bobligations,&#8221; Ramaphosa said, according to \u200bcomments broadcast on local broadcaster\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Newzroom Afrika.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">&#8220;If the \u200copportunity \u2060were to open, we would talk and say: there must be a ceasefire. Dialogue is always the best \u200bway of \u200bending conflict \u2060and then ending the war. And we want this \u200bwar to come to an \u200bend \u2060immediately,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Ramaphosa added that the SA government was doing everything \u2060it \u200bcould to bring home \u200bits citizens stranded in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15585,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-27716","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"SA is willing \u200bto play a mediating role \u200cin the Middle East conflict","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27719,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27716\/revisions\/27719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=27716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}