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The president, the preacher and the great escape

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Malawi’s new president was furious after Shepherd Bushiri’s dramatic disappearance from South Africa

Motsoaledi blames ‘porous’ and ‘rotten’ borders for Bushiris’ escape

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Home affairs minister admits South Africa has weak borders, and that the Bushiris had 10 passports between them

Q&A Sessions: ‘Keeping quiet is not an option’ — Charlotte Lobe

Politics Carien Du Plessis - 31 Oct 2020

More than a decade after a brief stint on the opposition benches, Charlotte Lobe is helping to fly the South African flag as a senior public servant in the department of international relations and co-operation

The diplomats without an embassy

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For breakaway territories, quasi-states and would-be secessionists, diplomacy is hard – but not impossible

SA’s new foreign policy agenda must embrace human rights

Article Robert Shivambu - 16 May 2018

The team charged with reviewing South Africa’s foreign policy must keep in mind the principles of dignity and human rights

The renaissance of Rasool

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Dec 2014

Reinvigorated after a spell of the "diplomacy of ubuntu", our man in Washington is coming home.

Editorial: The dance of diplomacy

Article Editorial - 10 Aug 2012

SA's relationship with the US is nothing if not complicated and the ambivalence was on display as Hillary Clinton danced her way around the country.

Rivalries that could rock SA’s diplomatic boat

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Jan 2012

There is no doubt the Ibsa forum was one of the seminal diplomatic achievements of the Thabo Mbeki presidency.

Burma ambassador’s questionable past

Article Staff Reporter - 4 Nov 2011

An <em>M&G</em> investigation has found Burma's ambassador to SA, Myint Naung may be a former brigadier general linked to serious human rights abuses.

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