Sanctions against Russia, and that country’s blockades of ports, may affect gas, precious metals and wheat supplies – but it also allows Africa to step into the gap
South Africa’s class clown, Fikile Mbalula, who also moonlights as minister of transport, did (another) stupid thing recently.
If holding a gun to a nation’s head may be justified on the grounds of avoiding human death and suffering, where was their gun when the Rohingyas were murdered and fled from their homes in Myanmar or when a US drone killed Afghan civilians?
The oil giant’s chief executive flagged the consequences of the West’s moves to disentangle itself from Moscow’s energy system
Kyiv insisted the move was a publicity stunt and people would not be able to escape.
The town of Solotvyno, just across the border from Romania, is almost deserted and strangers are interrogated about possibly being Russian Army ‘forward scouts’
Putin attacked Ukraine without a pretext (he created one later), which makes it a war of aggression and hence a war crime.
The South African Reserve Bank will probably remain hawkish as energy and food prices climb in the wake of Russian aggression
The peoples of Russia and Ukraine – two neighbours whose histories, peoples and fortunes are inextricably bound together – deserve a peace that is durable, sustainable and lasting.
The Russian invasion has sparked debate in South Africa, with many misguidedly concluding that Moscow is a natural ally of the country. This is not rooted in contemporary reality. South Africa is correct in its current position and must answer two questions before moving forward: who has a claim on Soviet history, and does South Africa still have a foreign policy?
Occupying the pro-Western Republic of Moldova would give Russia control over the entire north coast of the Black Sea
Ambassador Liubov Abravitova appealed to the South African government for refuge for Ukrainian citizens in this country.
A South African writer shares insights along his journey as he tries to to enter Ukraine
Concern with the fact that Black people fleeing Ukraine are facing racism is not a denial of a ‘more important’ conflict
President Volodymr Zelensky spoke with world leaders, including US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who called for a halt to fighting at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
Russia’s 1998 debt default sent emerging market indices plummeting. But now, emerging markets, including South Africa, are better shielded
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Abramovich has come to the “incredibly difficult” conclusion that he must sell Chelsea amid the political fall-out from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The capture of the Black Sea city of 290 000 people appeared a significant boost for Moscow as it readied for potential ceasefire talks on Thursday.
Vladimir Putin has breached international law and South Africa argues that the matter must be resolved through dialogue — but this assumes the autocrat and rogue leader will participate in good faith
It is another significant blow to a country who under President Vladimir Putin had used sport as a powerful force for its image both globally and internally.
Had the West implemented sanctions against the apartheid regime as effective as those Russia is now facing, the system would have collapsed in a week.
As Russian troops amass outside Kyiv world leaders have heaped punishing economic sanctions on Putin and his closest allies
Russia still has designs of reestablishing its colonial-style domination; it will unapologetically pursue its national interests unilaterally with no regard for multilateral diplomacy; and it’s invasion of Ukraine illustrates that weak nations suffer
Aggressive, as opposed to defensive, warfare is a violation of international law. It is this that was used to condemn the apartheid South African Defence Force’s incursions into Angola
ANC sources say Paul Mashatile was called away from a meeting with business to attend an ANC national working committee meeting where Russia will be among the topics
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that his nuclear forces were on alert sparked outcry in the West as the invading troops faced stiff resistance on Monday. The UN General Assembly will hold a rare emergency session Monday to discuss the conflict, which has claimed dozens of lives and raised fears that it will displace millions of people. […]
As Russian troops entered Kiev, the president said if ever there were a time for the security council to intervene it was now, adding that he planned to speak to both Moscow and Washington
As Russia unleashes its war in Ukraine, the US and the EU have prepared new sanctions aimed at punishing Putin’s regime.
Francis Fukuyama’s 1992 classic The End of History and the Last Man suggested an the end point to ideological evolution. Putin’s actions and the world’s inaction put paid to that idea
Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose country had massed some 150 000 troops on the border in recent months, on Thursday ordered military operations against Ukraine.
The weather remains topical across the Southern Hemisphere but has resulted in mixed fortunes
The threat of a major war in Europe has kept global financial markets on tenterhooks