Honestly its rude to be invited by a country to meet their president who decided to respond to your criticisms of their administration only to not show up and go meet the opposition.
Being invided and then no showing shows complete disregard to basic diplomatic Etiquette since it was a mission to show solidarity against the embargo
Bonus socdems being cringe part 4.5: about another member that didnt show up to the presidential meeting
Deeply unserious people
One of these communist groups even told me that South Africa today is just as bad, if not worse, than when under Apartheid.
That's not communist that's just reactionary and chud talking points. I've lived there for my entire life as a "born free" (born after the end of apartheid which happened in 1994) , it is most definitely not as bad as apartheid. I've heard the stories from older people, the country is better now in many ways. South Africa is just a third world/global south country with those kind of problems. From corruption to crime to unemployment to failing state infrastructure.