Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.
In his weekly letter to South Africans on Monday, President Cyril Ramaphosa asserted that the spirit of Nelson Mandela helped overcome recent violent protests and looting across the nation.