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President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses COP28.
President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses COP28.
UNFCCC

Dear Mr President,

I cannot pretend to understand what you or your loved ones, or multitudes of South Africans endured at the hands of the apartheid regime.

I understand that apartheid has defined your experience of life and that what happened should not be forgotten, because of the pain and trauma endured by so many people.

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