Putin surely realises that the conflict is straining his relations with leaders on the African continent
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s peace mission to Ukraine and Russia shows what happens when politics sinks to the absurd
The president has an opportunity at the Brics summit to increase pressure on Russia to end the war on Ukraine. Will he use it?
South Africa would not subscribe to any expansion philosophy that could create more hostility in the world, according to the minister
Stavros Nicolaou says Brics expansion will benefit SA businesses
Addressing his supporters, Malema called on presidents of Brazil, China and India to pull out of the Brics summit in solidarity with Russia’s Putin
Its strategic location, GDP and large population make the North African country a suitable candidate
With both in Russia, will Jacob Zuma present his sick note to Cyril Ramaphosa?
The order was agreed three days after the government announced that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin would not attend the Brics summit in August
Cyril Ramaphosa turned to China’s President Xi Jinping to sway Russia’s Vladimir Putin on virtual participation
Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen will still have the chance to arrest Putin – virtually
A ‘frozen conflict’ would benefit Russia while putting a permanent spanner into Kyiv’s hopes for complete backing from the alliance
Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov will lead Moscow’s delegation instead of the Russian president
The president’s speech at a Brics dinner this week suggests the expansion of the bloc won’t happen any time soon
In court papers, the president pleaded that he had a constitutional obligation not to expose South Africa to this risk
The deputy president confirmed that South Africa would be forced to host the Brics summit and was likely to host the Russian leader in person
Despite diplomatic tensions caused by Pretoria’s ties to Moscow, Ramaphosa said the US president was initially encouraged by his non-aligned stance
With geopolitical tensions rising, whether the Russian president himself finally decides to stay at home or not, all eyes will be on Ramaphosa in the coming weeks
Russia’s botched war of neo-colonial conquest in Ukraine, and Vladimir Putin’s mendacious justifications for it, bear the closest resemblance in our age to Hitler’s campaign for Lebensraum
The presidency said a provision in the Rome Statute obliged ICC member states to deal with requests for assistance on a confidential basis
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said he had negotiated a truce with Yevgeny Prigozhin
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, once a close Vladimir Putin ally, said his troops had taken control of the military command centre and airbase in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don
The ANC secretary general also brushed off suggestions that South Africa’s trade relations with the US were under threat
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has vowed to topple Moscow’s military leaders
Yevgeny Prigozhin said his forces, who have spearheaded much of Russia’s offensive in Ukraine, had entered the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and controlled its military sites
Warsaw and Pretoria appear to be poles apart when it comes to the war between Russia and Ukraine
Minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni suggested the government could demarche the Polish ambassador for diplomatic offence
A weapons manufacturer on a peace mission. What could possibly go wrong?
Khulekani Skhosana says the sanctions are a ‘medal of honour’
South African journalists and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s security were stuck in Poland despite the president having earlier met Poland’s leader
The South African government has remained coy over its economic ties with the US, but Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s office has issued a subtle warning to Pretoria
Washington has made no such threat, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office says, while probe into Lady R is to remain classified