Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has vowed to protect Putin from arrest, should he visit South Africa
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
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
Resisting Western influence and retaining our autonomy must be essential components of our international agenda
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
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
Will the West be able to summon the fortitude to oppose Tsar Putin?
Russia and China’s football misery shows the game is only beautiful in noisy democracies
Manipulators of nationalism, religious identity and racism are a constant risk to democracy across the world.
Full support for Ukraine along with structural reforms to accelerate the transition away from oil and gas will challenge the West’s established way of life, but is necessary
Authoritarian would-be emperors such as Putin and Jinping and the US’s military-industrial complex erode the open society and its values of individual freedoms
Strategic ties to Russia will be worth little if it resorts to the use of nuclear bombs in its war in Ukraine
The Russian leader has announced a partial military mobilisation
He was probably its only truly humane one and has died at a time when political repression in his native Russia has become stifling once more
Discussions about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are absent from the official programme
The expanding use of private military and security companies in recent years suggests that they may take a leading role as the Ukraine conflict develops
Even small countries can add their voices to the international attempt to enforce a ban on these devastating weapons that hold the globe captive
The US is attempting to help Kyiv’s war effort while not being seen as a direct belligerent
Vladimir Putin’s assault on Ukraine has accelerated Russia’s slide towards totalitarian rule.
Joe Biden might have been the butt of Trevor Noah’s jokes, but he had a better weekend than his counterpart here in South Africa
When Russia illegally invaded Ukraine, was not that the moment for the United Nations to send its secretary general to Moscow to demand a ceasefire?
The Russian leader has brought with him from the Soviet era the belief that might is right and that the individual can be sacrificed to the gods of ideology
Russia is at war with Ukraine because it is at war with Nato, which is commanded by the United States
Russia is at war with Ukraine because it is at war with Nato, which is commanded by the United States
‘We will not amplify o government accounts belonging to states that limit access to free information and are engaged in armed interstate conflict,’ the social network said
Russia Today convinced me that Vladimir Putin is a liar and a power-hungry empire builder
With Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the world order has been upended – and South Africa needs to think carefully about how it positions itself
South Africa’s silence on Russian aggression is a blot on its commitment to international law and our country’s history
While the Ukraine crisis may put some strain on the Chinese-Russian relationship, it has also spurred deeper collaboration between them.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday the war in Ukraine could have been avoided if Nato had heeded caution not to expand eastwards, as he reiterated that South Africa was ready to mediate. Replying to a question in parliament, Ramaphosa suggested that it was partly South Africa’s historical perspective on the alliance’s expansion and partly […]