Mabuza salutes political breakthrough

South African Deputy President David Mabuza on Saturday congratulated South Sudan's leaders for resolving conflict through peaceful means and using dialogue to find lasting solutions. ‘We hold dear the view that Africa’s problems require African solutions in order to build a better Africa and a better world,’ he said in a message of support on behalf of President Cyril Ramaphosa at the launch of the Revitalised Transitional Government of National Unity of South Sudan in Juba. A report on the IoL site notes that he said SA's own history made the country appreciate the need to resolve any conflict through peaceful means and to use dialogue to find lasting solutions. Mabuza added that millions of people ‘of goodwill’ around the world are watching to see how South Sudan will manage the next steps of constituting a government, the writing of the permanent Constitution, and holding of democratic elections.