Jonisayi Maromo jonisayi.maromo@africannewsagency.com PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has extended well wishes to Chinese ambassador Chen Xiaodong when he addressed the virtual Chinese New Year celebrations, also called the Spring Festival, which celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar.
“Dear friends in South Africa, in the People’s Republic of China, and around the world, I wish you all well as we usher in the Chinese Year of the Tiger, an animal that symbolises strength, bravery and independence,” said Ramaphosa.
“As we recover and rebuild in the wake of Covid-19, it is our wish that the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and South Africa will lead to mutual economic growth, development and common prosperity, prosperity for ourselves, for our respective regions, and for the rest of the…