The Democratic Alliance’s Western Cape premier, Alan Winde, has warned that should Russia’s President Vladimir Putin set foot in the Western Cape, he will be arrested by local law enforcement.
“We, as the provincial government, will have him arrested by our own Western Cape Government funded Law Enforcement Advancement Plan officers. If the South African Police Service is not instructed to act, we will,” Winde said in a statement on Thursday. issued a warrant of arrest for Putin in March for his alleged involvement in the unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia.
During a joint media appearance with Finland’s President Sauli Väinämö Niinistö in Pretoria, Ramaphosa said the ANC had decided it was “prudent” for South Africa to withdraw from the ICC. A withdrawal from the ICC “would arise if — and only if — the other options outlined do not yield the desired results of fairness and consistency in the administration of international law”.
Vincent Magwenya, spokesperson for the president, confirmed that South Africa remains a signatory to the ICC, “in line with a resolution to fit [the] national conference of the ANC down in December 2022 to rescind an earlier decision to withdraw from the ICC”.
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