South Africa's Unity government was quick to respond to the Polisario's request, expressed on July 2, to meet its new Foreign Minister. On Monday, July 15 in Pretoria, Ronald Lamola received the Front's «Minister of Foreign Affairs» and Brahim Ghali's envoy. «South Africa will continue to raise the issue of the self-determination of Western Sahara with the international community», Lamola said on X. Mohamed Sidati's visit to Pretoria comes after Ronald Lamola reaffirmed his country's support for the Polisario on July 11 in the House of Representatives. «South Africa will continue to support the people of Western Sahara in their quest for self-determination. We call on the United Nations to take urgent steps towards holding the long-promised referendum on self-determination in Western Sahara - now the last colony left on the African continent - so that the Sahrawis can determine their destiny», said the South African minister in his speech on the main directions of the new national unity government's diplomacy.
