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KING Phillipe and Queen Mathilda of Belgium arrived in Pretoria on Wednesday evening, on a state visit that will run until Monday.

Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, said the visit at the invitation of Ramaphosa –the first to South

Africa by the Belgian monarch – was a demonstration of the strong bilateral relations between the two nations.

The Presidency said Belgian companies were significant investors in the South African economy and the country is “traditionally among the ten major sources of international tourists to South Africa”. | IOL

THE ANC has refused to be drawn on whether the government would act in line with the International Criminal Court to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he set foot in the country.

Putin is expected to be among the leaders of BRICS to attend the annual summit in South Africa in August.

The government was slammed a few years ago and taken to court for refusing to arrest the former leader of Sudan Omar al-bashir after he had been indicted by the ICC.

But the government has kept mum after the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Putin for alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula, pictured, said they still wanted a peaceful solution to the Ukraine-russia conflict.

| IOL