Some hard decisions are coming up as the United States tries to discredit South Africa’s standing on the world stage
For a country that is guided by ubuntu, South Africa has a record of embarrassing international blunders
Both countries have a strong orientation towards multilateralism and democratic values
South Africa’s foreign policy performance, over its first quarter-century democratic governance, is put under the spotlight
The former president says that South Africa needs clearer foreign policy positions on a range of continental and global issues
The team charged with reviewing South Africa’s foreign policy must keep in mind the principles of dignity and human rights
Against the backdrop of drifts in the country’s foreign policy, defining a strategic impetus in global affairs has become all the more important.
No other country or individual dictates South Africa’s foreign policy, President Jacob Zuma has said in the wake of the Dalai Lama visa debacle.
President Zuma’s special adviser on foreign relations has defended South Africa’s decision to abstain on a UN resolution on sanctions against Syria.
The Chinese government is increasingly using economic pressure to bully foreign governments into not meeting the Dalai Lama.
The South African government’s double standards on human rights issues are not going unmarked, says <b>Greg Mills</b>.
Jacob Zuma on Thursday joins a club of the world’s most important developing nations at a summit in China, the latest effort to assert his n
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/ 28 January 2011
Two years since he was booted out of the Union Buildings, Thabo Mbeki still seems to be setting the agenda on some crucial foreign policy questions.