AKF NOTES CLEARANCE OF HIGH COMMISSIONER SOOKLAL; WELCOMES IMMINENT REVIEW OF DIPLOMATIC PROTOCOLS 

The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation notes the statement by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) concluding its internal consultations and clearing South Africa’s High Commissioner to India, Professor Anil Sooklal, of wrongdoing regarding former President Jacob Zuma’s recent private trip to India.  While DIRCO has established that the High Commission played a ceremonial, protocol-driven…