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An account of the hope and horror of a decisive decade, Apartheid’s Stalingrad: How the townships of the Eastern Cape defeated the apartheid war machine, set the tone for an examination of a bloody and brutal part of South African history.

South Africa’s refusal to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been widely criticised, at home and abroad. The government argues that the situation should be addressed through mediation and negotiation, and that condemning Russia would be one-sided and serve no purpose.