According to Ray Hartley and Greg Mills, President Ramaphosa has been "tone deaf and out of tune" regarding the recent peace deal on Gaza in Sharm-el-Sheikh.
The SA government was absent and silent during the signing, with its script to isolate Israel being contradicted by various world leaders, including Egypt's Abdel Fattah al Sisi, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
South Africa now appears more radical than Hamas.
This incident has exposed South Africa's amateurish grasp of foreign policy, leaving the country isolated and out of touch as Israel and Hamas reached an agreement on freeing hostages mediated by the US and Middle East countries.
Author's summary: SA's foreign policy has been exposed as amateurish.