{"id":32400,"date":"2026-04-19T08:52:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T06:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32400"},"modified":"2026-04-19T08:52:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T06:52:53","slug":"sa-president-calls-for-action-global-co-operation-amid-world-crisis","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-president-calls-for-action-global-co-operation-amid-world-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"SA President calls for action, global co-operation amid \u2018world crisis\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South African (SA) President Cyril Ramaphosa has concluded his working visit to Spain, where he participated in the \u201cIn Defence of Democracy\u201d initiative in Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa reflected on the mounting global challenges facing democratic nations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He also underscored the urgent need for collective action and renewed international co-operation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe gather here in Barcelona when the world is in crisis. This is a time of aggression, war, conflict, and destruction. The principles of solidarity, co-operation, and friendship are being challenged by the resurgence of narrow nationalism, prejudice, and intolerance,\u201d says Ramaphosa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis may be a time of crisis, but this is not a moment for doubt or despair. This is a moment for action, for mobilisation, for renewal. We must advance peace through dialogue and diplomacy and build a better, more just and more inclusive world. A global progressive revival is underway and we must be part of shaping a better, more just and more inclusive world,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30059,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-32400","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"President Cyril Ramaphosa has concluded his working visit to Spain","published_date":"2026-04-19 08:22:01","news_description":"President Cyril Ramaphosa has concluded his working visit to Spain","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32400","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\/32400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32401,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32400\/revisions\/32401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=32400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}