{"id":36140,"date":"2026-06-03T12:17:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=36140"},"modified":"2026-06-03T12:17:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:17:49","slug":"sa-kenya-strengthens-strategic-relations","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-kenya-strengthens-strategic-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"SA, Kenya strengthens strategic relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<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 African President (SA) Cyril Ramaphosa has reaffirmed the strong ties between SA and Kenya, describing the relationship as longstanding, cordial and mutually beneficial since it was re-established in 1994.<\/span><\/p>\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);\">In a statement ahead of Kenyan President William Ruto&#8217;s visit to SA, Ramaphosa said SA regards Kenya as a strategic partner in East Africa and across the continent.<\/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);\">The visit comes amid recent speculation about relations between the two countries following Ruto&#8217;s absence from a G20 meeting hosted by SA and Ramaphosa&#8217;s decision not to attend the Africa-France Summit held in Kenya.\u00a0<\/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 noted that the visit provides an opportunity to further strengthen bilateral relations, deepen economic cooperation, and explore new avenues for collaboration that will benefit the people of both nations.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15178,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-36140","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Strong ties between SA and Kenya","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36140","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\/36140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36141,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36140\/revisions\/36141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=36140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}