Enter South Africa?
Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's Special Envoy On Its Dialogue initiative in Sri Lanka addresses speaking at a Hindu Festival this Easter Weekend. Photograph Courtesy of Subry Govender.

19April 2014
An effort by South Africa to facilitate negotiations between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) received renewed public interest this month following the visit there by the TNA leadership to meet with Special Envoy, Cyril Ramaphosa, who was appointed earlier this year by President Zuma to facilitate, what is described As the pillar of the First Five Program - 'talks about talks'. TNA delegation was led by the TNA leader R. sampanthan and including parliamentarians MA Sumanthiran, Constructions Adaikalanathan and Suresh Premachandran. Arriving in Johannesburg On April 9, they were welcomed by a Familiar face, the South African High Commissioner for Colombo, Geoff Doidge, Mr. Meeting over the Next Three days before. With ... From Ramaphosa the South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation and several officials (DIRCO) including the Minister of DIRCO, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and the Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim at his residence. Silent On The Sri Lankan Government are are are are are are noticeably has been the South African role, and On talks with the TNA, but Profile of MPs visit the high MsUpload has the intense interest, especially since TNA has remained tight-lipped over the details of As Their discussions. A Press conference in Jaffna to elaborate On the visit, was canceled at the Last minute.
Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's Special Envoy On Its Dialogue initiative in Sri Lanka addresses speaking at a Hindu Festival this Easter Weekend. Photograph Courtesy of Subry Govender.