With German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visiting, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is "heartened to hear that Germany will be wanting to cooperate" with his country as Germany seeks to diversify its energy imports away from Russia. Cyril Ramaphosa also reasserts South Africa's neutral position in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and says that "engagement, dialogue and negotiations" offer the way forward to "the real true solution to the conflict." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES