The invasion of Ukraine has put Pretoria in a foreign policy conundrum that will not go away because Russia’s attack on a sovereign neighbour is changing the world order with every falling bomb.
It was made plain, as the international affairs ministry and the presidency contradicted one another this week, that there is confusion not only about what to do but about the reasons for doing it.
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