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A catch-up with spirited women in an elegant glass conservatory overlooking manicured gardens and a chat with a top Western envoy not shy to ruffle diplomatic feathers was in the offing this week.
Ramaphosa releases the executive summary on Tuesday
Lady R, the Russian-registered cargo ship which docked in Simonstown in December last year, delivered equipment for the South African National Defence Force and which had been ordered from a company based in the United Arab Emirates in 2018.
Pretoria has lost economic and diplomatic clout over the last two decades and it’s not likely to regain its status as the continent’s superpower.
That Russia is an enemy of the US doesn’t mean SA should be – especially given the historical ties that we have to Russia owing to its incalculable support for our liberation struggle.