South Africa Still Recognizes Aristide as president.

South Africa continues to recognise deposed Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide as the legitimately elected president of Haiti, says Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Replying to written questions in the national assembly by DA chief whip Douglas Gibson, she said Aristide had not applied for asylum in South Africa. He, his family, and aids were being treated as "foreign distinguished guests of the state" in terms of the Immigration Act. "The financial upkeep of President Aristide and his family will be done in accordance with the standards and procedures laid down for a Cabinet minister in South Africa, while the security assessment will be done on an ongoing basis by the security establishment," she said. [more ]