CHARLES MOLELE
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has “strongly reprimanded” Finance Minister Tito Mboweni over comments he made on social media platform Twitter about the dismissal of Zambia’s central bank governor, the Presidency said on Monday.
The Presidency said in a statement that Mboweni’s remarks were unfortunate and do not reflect the views of the South African government.
Zambian President Edgar Lungu fired central bank governor Denny Kalyalya on Saturday without explanation.
“In one of his tweets, Minister Mboweni is promising to mobilise if not given reasons why the Central (bank) Governor has been fired by President Lungu,” the Presidency statement reads.
“President Ramaphosa wishes to assure the government and people of the Republic of Zambia that the unfortunate remarks do not reflect the views of the South African Government and its people.”
Mboweni, a former South African Reserve Bank governor, called on the Zambian president to explain the dismissal of Kalyalya,
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