South Africa is throwing her weight behind the World Health Organization's Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who hails from Ethiopia.

That's after US President Donald Trump accused the organisation of handling the coronavirus outbreak poorly.

On Tuesday, Trump said the US was halting its more than $400 million funding of the WHO as he accused it of mismanaging and covering up the spread of coronavirus.

He said the WHO under Ghebreyesus had failed to get its medical experts into China to objectively assess the Covid-19 outbreak on the ground and also called out China's lack of transparency, which he said would have made it possible to contain the outbreak at its source, and for minimal deaths.

SA DEFENDS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS

International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor says one of the reasons South Africa has handled the virus the way it has, is because of Ghebreyesus' transparency.

"We got ready because we listened to him," she said, adding that his transparency has saved a lot of lives in Africa and the rest of the world.

Pandor said her assessment of Ghebreyesus, whom she referred to as “a fellow African and the first time that we have someone at the helm of the WHO that we claim as our own”, was that he had led the global health agency of the United Nations with excellence.

“He has done an excellent job. He has been transparent. He has been accountable and he has indicated to the world that all of us need to be alert. It is not easy to say to the world that this is a pandemic, meaning the globe is affected, and he did,” Pandor said

“No one can honestly accuse Dr Tedros of not being transparent and accountable. I believe he has done an amazing job and I think through his communication, a lot of us became alert and said we must begin to prepare.”

https://www.iol.co.za/amp/news/politics/pandor-defends-who-boss-tedros-in-trump-spat-46774534

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TMKsouth:
South Africa is throwing her weight behind the World Health Organization's Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who hails from Ethiopia.

That's after US President Donald Trump accused the organisation of handling the coronavirus outbreak poorly.

On Tuesday, Trump said the US was halting its more than $400 million funding of the WHO as he accused it of mismanaging and covering up the spread of coronavirus.

He said the WHO under Ghebreyesus had failed to get its medical experts into China to objectively assess the Covid-19 outbreak on the ground and also called out China's lack of transparency, which he said would have made it possible to contain the outbreak at its source, and for minimal deaths.

SA DEFENDS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS

International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor says one of the reasons South Africa has handled the virus the way it has, is because of Adhanom's transparency.

"We got ready because we listened to him," she said, adding that his transparency has saved a lot of lives in Africa and the rest of the world.

Pandor said her assessment of Ghebreyesus, whom she referred to as “a fellow African and the first time that we have someone at the helm of the WHO that we claim as our own”, was that he had led the global health agency of the United Nations with excellence.

“He has done an excellent job. He has been transparent. He has been accountable and he has indicated to the world that all of us need to be alert. It is not easy to say to the world that this is a pandemic, meaning the globe is affected, and he did,” Pandor said

Pandor said: “No one can honestly accuse Dr Tedros of not being transparent and accountable. I believe he has done an amazing job and I think through his communication, a lot of us became alert and said we must begin to prepare.”

https://www.iol.co.za/amp/news/politics/pandor-defends-who-boss-tedros-in-trump-spat-46774534

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SA , A Confused Country endorses a Confused Man!

Chosen1984:
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SA , A Confused Country endorses a Confused Man!

You and trump are the confused ones.

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TMKsouth:


You and trump are the confused ones.

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