Nokwanda Dlangamandla | kzn@radioislam.org.za
2 min read | 10:15

SANDTON CITY
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Last week South Africa received terror attack alerts from the US Embassy in Sandton.

The majority of South Africans, however, chose to disregard this, as numerous significant events—including the coronation of Misuzulu kaZwelithini—took place as scheduled over the weekend in KwaZulu-Natal and Sandton.

Despite the alert for terrorist threats, Misuzulu kaZwelithini was recognised as the new Zulu king in Durban; over the weekend, thousands of people showed up for the Pride march on Saturday in Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa.

The issue is whether South Africans need to worry about the likelihood of terrorist strikes in the nation.

Godfrey Ramuhala, a lecturer in strategic studies at the Faculty of Military Science at Stellenbosch University, and Martin Ewi, a senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies and an expert on African security, discussed this on Radio Islam International.

As each official’s perspective is unique, there were various responses from them to the alarm.

According to Godfrey Ramuhala, disregarding the warning and moving on with the events was reckless and risky.

South Africans had every right to doubt the credibility of the threat even though it shouldn’t have been ignored, according to Martin Ewi of The Institute for Security Studies (ISS). He highlighted that, in contrast to the South African government, the American government must warn its citizens.

According to President Cyril Ramaphosa, the warning was “unfortunate” and spreading “throughout the nation”.

Listen to the interview on Sabahul Muslim, hosted by Sulaiman Ravat with Godfrey Ramuhala, a lecturer in strategic studies at the Faculty of Military Science at Stellenbosch University and Martin Ewi, African security expert and senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies.