Minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni suggested the government could demarche the Polish ambassador for diplomatic offence
Ramaphosa’s administration should remain focused on the issue at hand, the commission of inquiry into whether the country — or even more scarily, a rogue element here — supplied arms to Russia
Africa tends to ignore her own problems at home, while doing everything to try and help the rest of the world in putting out their fires
An expanded Brics grouping would be a counterbalance to the West – the United States in particular
A weapons manufacturer on a peace mission. What could possibly go wrong?
South African journalists and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s security were stuck in Poland despite the president having earlier met Poland’s leader
Washington has made no such threat, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office says, while probe into Lady R is to remain classified
An inter-ministerial committee wants the summit shifted to another host nation
South Africa’s foreign policy should retain its principled stance over Russia’s war in Ukraine, while also calling for accountable governance globally
The ruling party’s secretary general pushed back against US pressure to pick a side in Russia/Ukraine war
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The rand’s fall after the US’s Russian arms claims shows South Africa can’t risk taking a side
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The minister of defence said she was tired of anti-Russian phobia in the country
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The Russian embassy says the claims are part of a campaign to move South Africa from its non-aligned position on the war in Ukraine
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said the United States should not support a war and rather promote peace
Finland has joined Nato at a critical stage and Putin’s reaction will involve a range of measures, both military and technological
God is in every dark corner, say those who have suffered in Ukraine, Mozambique and the Middle East
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International sports bodies are taking wildly varying stances on allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes and teams to compete while the war in Ukraine continues
Moscow is giving fertiliser to Malawi in exchange for support for ending the global sanctions imposed on it
As a country, our struggling economy is hitched to both the prospects of the East and the West. Being frozen out by any of them, would be punishing for all
Much of the global south is neutral on the war in Ukraine, not because they support Russia but because they can’t side with the US and Nato
Anyone still waiting for Pretoria to launch a social media projectile at Moscow is sorely disillusioned
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After getting the green light from Washington for tanks, Ukraine’s president is pleading for fighter jets to defend his country from Russia
Putin’s misguided invasion of Ukraine has led to turmoil in the world, and the poor suffer the most, but African leaders lack the courage to castigate Russia
We must not allow the nuclear-armed states to continue wielding what Nelson Mandela described as ‘terrible and terrifying weapons of mass destruction’
Seeing upfront the consequences of violent conflict for people – for generations – is shocking
South Africa has refused to condemn Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and last week announced it will host joint maritime drills with Russia and China in February
Two reports reveal what bosses and businesses worldwide are most concerned about. In South Africa, Eskom and cyber risks are big concerns
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Julian Assange is our Antigone. He is awaiting extradition to the US for spying for the people, making public a small part of the obscene dark side of US policy
Although direct trade and financial links between Africa, Russia and Ukraine may be small, the main effect of the war will be civil strife in Africa driven by food and energy inflation
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent shock waves around the world. As the International Crisis Group shows, several other crises loom
Recent meeting with Putin exposes a cooling of China’s ‘no limits’ partnership with Russia
There is much to suggest that global economic disaster is not assured, or even likely, in the near future